Overview
- Flash floods that swept mountainous areas along the Nepal–China border on Wednesday have killed at least 162 people and left hundreds missing, Nepal Police said.
- Nine South Korean nationals who worked on the Upper Trishuli-1 hydropower construction project in Rasuwa district remain unaccounted for, while 10 others have been confirmed alive but stranded.
- President Lee Jae Myung convened an emergency meeting, ordered all available resources be mobilized for rescue operations, and postponed other engagements to focus on the response.
- The Foreign Ministry dispatched an 11-member rapid response team composed of diplomats, firefighters and police, and South Korean firms Doosan Enerbility and Korea South-East Power are sending on-site teams to aid local efforts.
- Rescue work is hampered by the remote, mountainous terrain about 70 kilometers from Kathmandu and by the scale of the disaster, which has left thousands of tourists and workers displaced and increases the need for international coordination and humanitarian aid.