Overview
- Authorities and the family say 50-year-old Marco Ratto of Rapallo is listed as missing after sudden floods hit the Bhote Koshi river region.
- The flooding followed a glacier collapse that produced a rapid overflow in the Nepal–Tibet border area and created dangerous conditions for trekkers.
- A Chinese travel agency reported losing contact with Ratto's group at a mountain pass and a Nepali agency gave the same account to the family, but officials warn tour-operator data may be imprecise.
- The Farnesina crisis unit is monitoring the case and working with local partners while Rapallo officials and the community respond to the family's request for discretion.
- Cross-border hazards, broken communications and dependence on tour operators are slowing verification and any rescue efforts, and updates will depend on coordinated information from Nepalese, Chinese and Italian sources.