Death toll climbs to 1,453 from devastating floods, mudslides at Nepal-China border, with 6,664 missing

The death toll from last month’s devastating flash floods and mudslides along the Nepal-China border rose to 1,453 on Thursday, with 6,664 missing on both sides, according to authorities.

The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority said 1,410 people have died, with 13,756 rescued in Nepal. A total of 6,145 are missing, 587 of them foreigners.

On the Chinese side, the death toll remains at 43, with 519 missing, including 261 foreigners in Tibet, which Beijing designates as the Xizang autonomous region.

The disaster struck Aug. 26 when a glacier on Nepal's Mount Langtang Lirung fractured at an altitude of 5,200 meters (17,060 feet).

The fracture triggered an ice-rock avalanche that turned into a massive debris flow and swept through valleys along the border.

Floodwaters and mudslides devastated the Rasuwa, Nuwakot, Dhading and Kavre districts in Nepal, as well as the Kathmandu Valley. It also buried the Gyirong border crossing in Xizang.