Missing toll from Nepal, China flood nears 3,000 as race for survivors continues.

Flash floods along the Nepal-China border have killed at least 676 people, with nearly 3,000 others unaccounted for as search teams enter day four. Nepal alone reports 669 dead and 2,426 missing; China reports seven deaths and more than 550 missing in Tibet.

• More than 3,700 people have been rescued in Nepal so far.
• 100+ people are believed trapped in a mud-filled hydropower tunnel in Rasuwa.
• A glacial lake that formed after the disaster dropped 10 meters from its Thursday peak.
• Families have registered roughly 1,600 missing persons at Kathmandu's main hospital.

Why it matters: The disaster struck a narrow mountain corridor that complicates every phase of relief. Steep terrain, limited helicopter landing zones, and ongoing flood risk have repeatedly forced rescue teams to pull back.

• Hundreds of the missing are foreign nationals who were in the region to work, trek, or travel to a sacred peak.
• Nepal's Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal said all available resources have been mobilized and called the rescue operation the country's top national priority.

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What’s next: Rescue teams will continue working the hydropower tunnel site as mud and access remain the central obstacles.

• Helicopter operations, briefly suspended for weather, had partially resumed by midday Saturday.
• How many foreign nationals are among the missing, and which countries are affected?
• Whether Nepal will accept offers of outside rescue assistance, and on what terms.
• What the final toll will be at the Gyirong border crossing, where the number present at the time of the floods is still unknown.