The Chinese government said on the 30th that, as of that date, 261 foreigners from 23 countries were missing in the Tibet Autonomous Region due to a Himalayan landslide. On the Chinese side, 16 people were confirmed dead and 546 were missing.
Separately from China, Nepal's disaster authorities said at least 675 people had died and 2,498 were missing on its side. A total of 7,514 people were rescued. As of 12:45 p.m. on the 30th, combining the announcements from the two countries, the death toll stood at 691 and the number of missing at 3,044.
At a morning briefing on the 30th, authorities in China's Tibet Autonomous Region compiled and released, for the first time since the disaster, the nationalities of the missing foreigners. Among the missing foreigners, 104 were from Nepal, the most. They were followed by 49 from India, 33 from Latvia, 18 from the United States, and 15 from the United Kingdom. China's disaster authorities said they had notified foreign embassies and consulates of the details.
Separately, on the evening of the 29th, Tibet Autonomous Region authorities reported 16 deaths and 546 people out of contact in Gyirong County, the disaster site. The Gyirong border trade post in Gyirong County faces Rasuwagadhi in Nepal, which suffered the most severe damage this time. The landslide swept across this Gyirong trade post into China.
China Central Television (CCTV) cited Chinese scientists' analysis the same day to report that the debris pushed from Nepal reached the Gyirong border trade post in six to seven minutes. Surveillance cameras at the post captured water and debris engulfing buildings and people fleeing. State-run CCTV said on the 30th that the disaster "occurred as glaciers became unstable due to the long-term effects of global warming." It added that a new type of cryosphere disaster (areas frozen like glaciers and permafrost) is emerging on the Tibetan Plateau.
The Chinese government has deployed more than 2,100 rescue personnel and allocated at least 220 million yuan (about 45 billion won) for disaster response. CCTV said China is sending emergency cash and relief supplies, satellite and hydrological data, and tunnel rescue experts to Nepal. Wang Yi, China's minister of foreign affairs, said in a call with Nepal's foreign minister on the 29th that the landslide was "the most severe cross-border disaster in recent years," adding that "the rescue work is unprecedentedly difficult and complex."
Local police told Reuters that the water level of the Trishuli River had risen in recent hours, prompting residents and rescue teams to evacuate again to higher ground. The International Red Cross estimated that more than 90,000 people may have been affected by the disaster.