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Swiss national missing in Nepal

Friday, 28 August 2026 06:35

A Swiss national is among more than 1,300 people missing after Wednesday's flash floods in Nepal, according to the Tourism Board

The board has published a list of nationalities of those unaccounted for and confirmed a Swiss citizen is on it.

At least 180 people have died as the wall of water and mud swept homes and their occupants away.

Of the missing on the Nepali side, 517 are foreign tourists; Chinese state media report a further 260 foreigners unaccounted for across the border in Tibet.

Search operations continue as authorities warn the toll is likely to rise.

 

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