Nepal-Tibet flash flood: number of missing people rises to 2,478 – latest updates

The death toll from this week's flash flooding in Nepal continues to climb, with the number of missing now at two thousand four hundred seventy-eight, The Guardian reports. Nepal's army is racing to rescue roughly one hundred people trapped in a tunnel at a hydropower project that was swamped by Wednesday's flooding, dispatching helicopters despite struggling to even locate the tunnel's entry points. Relief efforts are underway for those already rescued, while the broader evacuation operation continues.

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