# Flood toll in Nepal and Tibet nears 800 as donors pledge emergency aid
Aid agencies and governments have pledged millions in emergency help after flash floods in Nepal and China’s Tibet region left nearly 800 people dead and more than 3,000 missing.
The scale of the disaster continues to widen. Al Jazeera reported that Nepal’s death toll had climbed to 734, while Chinese authorities in Tibet reported 16 deaths, bringing the regional total to 797. The same report said another 3,044 people remained unaccounted for, including 2,498 missing in Nepal and 546 in Tibet, with more than 100 Nepalis among those missing in the Chinese side of the disaster zone.
The immediate concern in Nepal is that more flooding may still be coming. Authorities warned residents in inundated districts to stay on high alert after water levels rose in the Bhotekoshi River, and flood alerts were sent to mobile phones on Sunday morning. Rescue teams were also working to clear a main highway linking Kathmandu with one of the worst-hit areas after last week’s catastrophic flash flood. According to Nepal’s disaster agency, as many as 93,000 people have been affected.
The disaster has triggered an urgent international response. Nepal appealed for help on Saturday, including specialised rescue support such as heavy-lift drones, DNA testing kits and body freezer units. The United States and Canada said they would each provide about $3.6 million in humanitarian assistance. The United Kingdom pledged $6.8 million, the European Union promised $2.3 million, the United Nations released $2.5 million in emergency funding and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies allocated more than $1 million while launching a larger appeal.
The Chinese government also signaled support. The source says President Xi Jinping offered Beijing’s assistance, underlining how the disaster has become a cross-border crisis rather than only a national emergency. That matters because the flooding has affected both mountain infrastructure and river systems that do not stop at political boundaries.
The numbers in the packet show the disaster’s dual challenge: rescue and recovery. On the rescue side, teams are still trying to locate thousands of missing people, some of them in remote, difficult terrain. On the recovery side, governments and aid groups are trying to mobilize money, equipment and forensic tools quickly enough to identify victims and support the living before the situation worsens again.
The report also makes clear that the flood emergency is not over simply because the waters have begun to recede in some places. Officials are still warning of further flooding, and the missing-person count remains enormous. That means the immediate story is not only the death toll, but the scale of uncertainty that remains in two countries struggling to account for their dead and missing while new aid arrives.
