A large-scale flood in Nepal has killed nine people so far, and about 380 travelers, including more than 290 foreigners, are missing. Eight Koreans who were involved in building a local hydropower plant have also lost contact.
According to Reuters and others on the 26th local time, heavy rain triggered a large-scale flood in areas across Bagmati Province in north-central Nepal that day. The Nepal Tourism Board said nine people were killed and 384 travelers, including 291 foreigners, were missing in the disaster. Among the missing foreigners are 105 Indians, it said.
The flood-stricken area lies about 120 kilometers north of the capital, Kathmandu, in a border region with China's Tibet Autonomous Region in the Himalayas.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs also said that eight Korean employees from Korea South-East Power Co. (KOEN) and Doosan Enerbility who were building a hydropower plant lost contact after a flood in the Rasuwa area of Bagmati Province in Nepal.
Another 10 Koreans with Doosan Enerbility are reported to be stranded on site awaiting rescue. The Nepal government deployed helicopters to the scene.
President Lee Jae-myung, after receiving a related briefing, issued an emergency order to "mobilize every available means and make every effort in the search and rescue of the missing."