Fears of new floods rise in Nepal after rescue efforts suspended

Rescue efforts in Nepal have been paused (Picture: PRABIN RANABHAT / AFP via Getty Images)

Officials have warned of another potential flood in Nepal as rescue efforts are paused by authorities for a short period.

At least 33 British tourists aren’t accounted for,and 350 people have been killed after a glacier collapse set off flash floods along the Bhote Koshi river.

The flooding happened in the Rasuwa district,which borders China’s autonomous region of Tibet.

Two teenagers,a 13-year-old girl and a 14-year-old boy are among the 1,000 still missing in the chaos.

Nepal’s National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA) said 469 bodies had been recovered,977 people remained unaccounted for.

They added that more than 3,000 had been rescued. However,rescue efforts have been paused as a local lake has been rising in water level.

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Start your day informed with Metro's News Updates newsletter or get Breaking News alerts the moment it happens.Hundreds of people are still missing (Picture: Prabin RANABHAT / AFP via Getty Images)The operator said nine British nationals on one of its tours to the site were among those unaccounted for – four males,aged 14,50,50 and 54,and five females,aged 40,46,50 and 53.General manager Roshan Basnet told the Press Association: ‘When the flood happened,they were still at the Chinese immigration (at) the border. After the flood happened,we had no contact with our tour guide.’He added: ‘We have yet to get the confirmation of what state they’re in,but as for the video that is circulating on the internet,we believe that it’s a pretty difficult (situation).’Travel logs obtained by PA show three men aged 65,64 and 52,and seven women aged 44,47,51,60,63,63 and 65,are also among the missing British nationals.Tour operator Kailash Journeys confirmed it had not been able to account for seven UK nationals – five women and two men aged between 18 and 55 – travelling with the company.China’s state-run Xinhua News Agency said 558 people remained unaccounted for in neighbouring Tibet.Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at .For more stories like this,check our news page.