Briton rescued in Nepal nearly a week after deadly floods swept through country

A British national has been rescued almost a week after devastating floods hit Nepal, which have killed more than 1,000 people.

Issuing an update on its search and rescue operation, the Nepali Army on Tuesday said: “Nepali Army rescued a total of 119 people including a British citizen through air resources today”,

The statement, posted on social media, added: “In addition to this, Nepali Army has rescued 273 foreigners along with a total of 3891 people through air resources.”

The British national has not been identified yet.

The death toll from Nepal’s floods surpassed 1,000 on Tuesday as rescuers deployed heavy machinery, helicopters and excavators to reach thousands still missing nearly ⁠a week after the Himalayan disaster tore through towns and valleys.

At least 639 people remain stranded in devastated hydropower stations that have become the focus of rescue efforts, Nepal’s disaster management authority ⁠said on Tuesday.

A glacier collapse on 26 August sent a deluge of ice, rock and mud sweeping through the nation’s border region with China.

The death toll rose to 1,050, while about 4,000 people remain missing, ​including ⁠583 foreign nationals.

The disaster left at least 2.2m tons of debris, according to a preliminary estimate by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), including parts of buildings, rocks, and sediment.

“The amount of debris shows the scale of the destruction and the challenge communities face as ⁠they clear homes, roads and public spaces and begin to rebuild,” it said.

More than 11,000 people have been rescued, and power and communication lines ​were restored ⁠in some areas, prime minister Balendra Shah said in a ‌social media post on Monday.

Shah said 279 workers were rescued from hydropower projects, with joint teams from Nepal, India and China working on search-and-rescue operations.

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