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Floods triggered by heavy rainfall along the China-Nepal border have killed at least 987 people in Nepal, the country's disaster authority said Tuesday, raising the combined death toll in both countries past 1,000.
Chinese state media earlier confirmed 16 deaths in Tibet, bringing the overall toll from the disaster, which struck last Wednesday, to 1,003.
Rescue operations in Nepal entered their seventh day on Tuesday. The number of missing in Nepal fell to 3,916 as more bodies were recovered.
In China, state media reported 546 people missing, bringing the combined number of missing in both countries to 4,462.
The missing in Nepal include 583 foreign nationals from more than 30 countries, while 261 foreign nationals from 23 countries are missing in China.
Indian citizens make up one of the largest groups among the missing foreigners. New Delhi said 275 Indian citizens and 128 people of Indian origin are unaccounted for in Nepal.
The U.S. State Department said Sunday that 85 American citizens are missing. Nepal's tourist board and embassy reports also list 62 missing Ukrainian nationals, 51 Malaysians, 42 Australians and 33 British citizens.
In neighboring India, authorities in Uttar Pradesh state said they recovered 17 bodies from rivers flowing from Nepal, believed to be victims of the flooding. The bodies have not yet been identified and are not included in the official death toll.
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