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The UK tourists named as missing after the Nepal flash floods
Confirmed
Bhusal said Panthi was “helping disadvantaged children in Nepal reach their full potential through education”. “WPHCCC is aware of the reports that two of our players, Rishab and Rudhra Iyer, along with their family members and other Australians, are unaccounted for in the ongoing floods in Nepal,” the club said in a statement.
A spokesperson for the school said: “It is with great concern that we have been informed that a former student, along with members of his family, have been reported missing in Nepal. A Sussex man said he had not heard from his wife, mother, father, brother, and uncle in Nepal since the country was hit by the flash floods.
The catastrophic floods killed at least 676 people and nearly 3,000 more missing , according to official estimates. Sarada Simkhada, a senior nurse at Darent Valley Hospital in Dartford, was one of 33 Britons missing, a local councillor said, as rescue efforts continued after flooding in the Rasuwa district bordering China’s Tibet region.
Rajendra Pudasaini, president of the Non-Resident Nepali Association UK, said Nepal was witnessing an “irreplaceable loss”, adding that the country was “paying the price for global warming”. Meanwhile, an Essex nurse said his relatives were “swept away” by the flash floods as he launched a fundraiser to support those affected by the disaster.
The nurse said he had “lost contact with the families” because of the damage done to electricity supplies and internet connections in Nepal. As of Saturday there were 41 Australians among almost 2,500 people reported missing in the disaster, including at least 777 foreigners.
Fishtail Tours and Travels said Leena Bector was among 27 travellers associated with the tour group currently missing. Mr Pudasaini’s son Suraj, from Essex, said his grandmother, great-uncle and great-aunt were missing.
Shylaja’s sister, Vaishnavi, said she had lost contact with the family on the morning of the flood as the family prepared to cross an immigration checkpoint at the Tibet-Nepal border.
What's confirmed
- Bhusal said Panthi was “helping disadvantaged children in Nepal reach their full potential through education”.
- A spokesperson for the school said: “It is with great concern that we have been informed that a former student, along with members of his family, have been reported missing in Nepal.
- The catastrophic floods killed at least 676 people and nearly 3,000 more missing , according to official estimates.
- Rajendra Pudasaini, president of the Non-Resident Nepali Association UK, said Nepal was witnessing an “irreplaceable loss”, adding that the country was “paying the price for global warming”.
- The nurse said he had “lost contact with the families” because of the damage done to electricity supplies and internet connections in Nepal.
- Fishtail Tours and Travels said Leena Bector was among 27 travellers associated with the tour group currently missing.
What's still developing
- The catastrophic floods killed at least 676 people and nearly 3,000 more missing , according to official estimates.
- Sarada Simkhada, a senior nurse at Darent Valley Hospital in Dartford, was one of 33 Britons missing, a local councillor said, as rescue efforts continued after flooding in the Rasuwa district bordering China’s Tibet…
- A spokesperson for the school said: “It is with great concern that we have been informed that a former student, along with members of his family, have been reported missing in Nepal.
- Fishtail Tours and Travels said Leena Bector was among 27 travellers associated with the tour group currently missing.
- Meanwhile, an Essex nurse said his relatives were “swept away” by the flash floods as he launched a fundraiser to support those affected by the disaster.
- Rajendra Pudasaini, president of the Non-Resident Nepali Association UK, said Nepal was witnessing an “irreplaceable loss”, adding that the country was “paying the price for global warming”.
- The nurse said he had “lost contact with the families” because of the damage done to electricity supplies and internet connections in Nepal.
- Mr Pudasaini’s son Suraj, from Essex, said his grandmother, great-uncle and great-aunt were missing.