Death toll continues to rise after massive landslide

 

TT-AFP

 

Published 07.48

 

Nepalese police officers participating in search operations prepare remains for a large funeral in Kathmandu on Tuesday. Photo: Niranjan Shrestha/AP/TT

Search operations continue in the mountainous regions of the Himalayas after the major mudslide that hit last week. Of the thousands of people who are missing, more and more bodies are being found.

1,114 people have been found dead so far in Nepal, the country's disaster agency announced. 3,916 people are still reported missing.

In Tibet across the border, Chinese authorities report 16 deaths and 546 missing, but independent organizations suspect that there are far more affected people than that.