Nepal floods death toll tops 900, as number of missing nearly doubles to over 4,200

More than 900 people were killed by the devastating flooding in Nepal, officials in the south Asian country said Monday as as the number of those listed as missing nearly doubled to 4,247, among them, 592 foreign nationals.

Nepal’s government “has mobilized all available resources and efforts at its disposal for search, rescue, and relief and recovery operations,” a spokesperson for the country’s foreign ministry told a news conference Monday, before thanking a number of countries including, Qatar, the United Kingdom, Australia and Japan for helping out with relief efforts.

“So far, 903 bodies have been recovered,” the spokesperson said, adding that 10,000 people had been rescued including 323 foreign nationals.

Separately Nepal’s disaster agency said 4,247 people were missing as of 1 a.m. ET on Monday morning.

State Department spokesperson Tommy Pigott told Fox News that about 85 Americans were still unaccounted for as of 5 p.m. on Sunday.

The State Department, he said, had “activated $3.6 million in humanitarian assistance, including life saving food assistance.” He added that the U.S. had “surged consular assistance to this area to make sure we are able to provide 24/7 support to Americans that need it out of our embassies in Beijing…

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