At least 95 people dead and hundreds of tourists and locals missing in flash flood on Nepal-Tibet border – latest updates

You can find the full story here, but we will continue with live updates as more information comes in.

Here is aerial footage of the Nuwakot District in Nepal, showing the scale of the floods.

Hundreds of people were reported missing after an avalanche of ice and rock triggered massive flash floods that swept through parts of Nepal on Wednesday, killing at least eight people and causing widespread damage to villages and infrastructure.

Officials said 384 tourists, including 291 from countries including India, the United States, the United Kingdom and Malaysia, were reported missing as a result of the flash flood.

The Bhotekoshi River flooded this morning, destroying several villages as well as roads and hydropower projects, officials said. They issued warnings to residents of several of Nepal’s districts and asked them to stay away from the banks of Bhotekoshi, Trishuli and Narayani rivers.

The areas of Syapru Besi ⁠and Timure in the mountainous district of Rasuwa were severely affected, government officials said, while calling for extra ⁠vigilance by residents along the Bhote Koshi river.