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Nepal intensifies relief and recovery efforts after deadly floods, UN says
Nepal is intensifying relief and recovery operations following the catastrophic flash floods along the Nepal-Tibet border a week ago, the UN says, even as rescuers scramble to reach anyone who may be alive.
For thousands, the priority is delivering aid, recovering loved ones, tracing missing relatives and reunifying separated children, the UN secretary-general's spokesman said.
At least 1,114 people have died in Nepal and nearly 4,000 more are missing, according to Nepal's disaster agency. On the Tibetan side, the death toll is 21, with more than 540 people unaccounted for, Chinese state media report.
Efforts are continuing to rescue workers, potentially in the hundreds, believed to be trapped in Nepalese hydropower tunnels.
A massive flash flood, believed to have been triggered by a glacial collapse, swept through a Himalayan valley last Wednesday, wiping out villages.
Nearly 12,000 people have since been rescued, according to Nepal's disaster management agency.
But thousands more, including hundreds of foreign nationals - from India, the UK, Australia, the US, Malaysia and more - are still missing. A week on, fears are growing that the death toll will only rise.
Chinese rescue teams are continuing to search for more than 500 people missing on the Tibetan side of the border, but they have yet to find survivors at the crossing known as Gyirong Port between Nepal and Tibet.
Beijing, which annexed Tibet in the 1950s, tightly controls the region. All information comes from state media and foreign journalists cannot travel there without permission.
Rescuers using heavy machinery, working around the clock, have been able to re-open the route to the Gyirong border crossing and clear the road of debris, which will accelerate the search for the missing, Chinese state media said.