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The death toll from flooding in Nepal's Rasuwa region, near the border with China, has risen to 682, according to local media reports citing Nepal police officials.
Rescue operations continued for people swept away by floodwaters that struck areas in and around Rasuwa.
Officials said nearly 3,000 people were still missing. Media reports indicate around 2,500 people, including foreign nationals, remain unaccounted for on both the Nepal and China sides of the border.
The flooding began Aug. 26 in Rasuwa, destroying dozens of bridges and damaging roads. Helicopters were deployed for search-and-rescue operations.
In China's Tibet Autonomous Region, the death toll from the same flooding rose to seven.
The U.S. Geological Survey initially reported an earthquake in the area before the flooding. The agency later updated its data, saying the 5.2-magnitude seismic event originated from a glacial collapse.
Experts at the International Center for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), headquartered in Kathmandu, said an avalanche triggered the flooding after glacier fragments broke off in the mountainous region.
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