Nepal-Tibet floods: Nepal calls for technical support for rescue efforts as number of missing rises to nearly 3,000

The Nepalese government has requested “specific and specialised assistance” from neighbouring countries to aid search and rescue efforts.

This includes assistance with opening tunnels where people are trapped, technologies that can help locate people alive in affected areas, rapid forensic and DNA analysis, and mortuary facilities for the proper storage of bodies, Nepal’s ministry of foreign affairs said in a statement.

It added: “An 11-member specialised technical reconnaissance team for tunnel rescue from India has been mobilised and a tunnel rescue team from China is expected to arrive very soon.”