The Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) has reported that they have located the second Spaniard, after putting the number missing at three, after the massive flood that has caused more than 600 deaths and almost 3,000 people missing in Nepal and the autonomous region of Tibet (China).
The official body included two Spaniards in the located section, specifying that they are in communication with the authorities and have not been rescued, in its latest update of the list of missing foreigners published at 1:30 p.m. local time (07:45 GMT).
According to the NTB balance sheet, a total of 184 foreign tourists have been rescued alive after the flood last Wednesday in the Bhotekoshi and Trishuli basins, while 3 are located and in contact with the authorities, including the two Spaniards. Another 420 remain completely incommunicado.
This latest report, which collects information from travel agencies, hotels and authorities, adds that the Nepalese authorities maintain close coordination with diplomatic missions from several countries to find the whereabouts of their nationals.
626 dead and 2,426 people missing
The tourist board has confirmed the total reopening of the strategic highway that connects Kathmandu with Mugling, vital for reestablishing communications and transporting the dead and rescued, although it warned that many sections remain cut off in the areas most affected by the floods in the districts of Rasuwa, Nuwakot, Dhading and Gorkha.
The authorities of Nepal this Saturday raised the death toll to 626 and 2,426 people unaccounted for after Wednesday’s flood, so that, adding the victims from China in the Tibetan county of Gyirong, the separate counts of both parties now reach 633 dead and almost 3,000 unaccounted for.
