Eight people were killed and more than 20 people missing after the Bhote Koshi River overflowed, sweeping the "Friendly Bridge" connecting China and Nepal.
There was no heavy rain in the area around the river within the previous 24 hours, but weather forecasters say the flood may have been caused by the overflowing of the glacial lake in Tibet, where heavy rains fell.
Police found eight bodies, but no one has been identified so far, Nepal Police spokesman Binod Ghimire told Reuters on Tuesday, July 8.
He said 57 people had been rescued. Search and rescue operations are still ongoing, said Nepalese Army spokesman Raja Ram Basnet.
It was described that 20 people were missing in Nepal, while China's official Xinhua news agency said 11 people were unknown to their presence in Chinese territory in the mountainous border region.
Trade between Nepal and China was disrupted by the destruction of the bridge, officials said.
In Nepal, which is missing includes six Chinese workers and three police personnel, the National Disaster Risk Management and Reduction Authority (NDRRMA) told X.
The missing Chinese national worked at the Land Container Depot which is being built with the help of China about 80 km (50 miles) north of the capital Kathmandu, said Arjun Paudel, a senior administrative official in the Rasuwa district.
"The river also swept away several containers containing goods imported from China. There was a huge loss (on property) and we are collecting details," he told Reuters.
Meanwhile in Pakistan, 79 people, including 38 children, died from floods and rain-related incidents, including landslides and collapsed houses, since June 26, according to the National Disaster Management Authority on Tuesday.
The authority issued a new warning for flash floods and overflowing glacial lakes in the northern and northwestern provinces of Gilgit-Baltistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, citing significant temperature increases and the upcoming weather system.
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China has increased its investment in Nepal in recent years in various fields including roads, power plants, and hospitals.
The Asian giant has been hit by heavy rains and flash floods over the past few days that have left traces of the damage, and is preparing for a tropical storm this week. Nepal's weather forecasts department said it was working with Asian Sentinels - an international initiative that uses space-based technology to support disaster management in the Asia-Pacific region - to determine the causes of flooding.
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