Portugal locates 2 nationals after flood in Nepal, but reports 2 others missing

The Government of Portugal reported this Friday that two nationals who had been reported missing after the floods that affected northern Nepal and southwestern Tibet this week have been located “safe,” but notified that there are two other new missing persons.

In this way, the number of missing persons with Portuguese nationality in that region remains at three (one man and two women), a source from the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs indicated to EFE, specifying that the two people who have been found were two siblings who had been listed as missing since yesterday.

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Nepal raised the number of bodies found to 538 this Friday following the destructive flood recorded on Wednesday in the Bhote Koshi basin, as rescue teams intensify the search for 937 people reported missing in its territory.

For its part, China raised the number of deaths in the Tibetan county of Gyirong (China) to five this Friday, which was also affected by the immense flood, and kept the number of missing persons at 558.