At this writing, the Department of Foreign Affairs said the Philippine Embassy in New Delhi and the Philippine Honorary Consulate General in Kathmandu, Nepal, were coordinating with local authorities and stood ready to assist affected Filipinos.
“They are awaiting confirmation from Nepali authorities on a Filipino national who was reported missing,” the DFA statement read.
Nepal Police on Friday morning said the death toll had risen to 469, as rescuers recovered more bodies amid the debris, according to a report by the Associated Press (AP).
China, on the other hand, has not updated its report of just three deaths in Tibet. Together, the two countries had said that more than 1,500 people were missing, the AP report said.
So far, more than 1,400 people have been reported missing and 392 were confirmed dead after the flash floods and landslides that hit the Nepal-Tibet border. The figures are likely to change, however, as is common after a major disaster.
Double-counting of dual nationals, matching bodies with persons listed as missing, and the chaos of a calamity can all contribute to fluctuations both upwards and downwards in the figures.
517 foreigners unaccounted for
Here is the latest on the missing.
Nepal’s disaster agency said 910 people were unaccounted for on Thursday, including at least 517 foreigners. It did not provide a breakdown of the foreigners’ nationalities.
Across the border with Tibet, China said 558 people, including 260 foreigners, were missing. Together, the total missing on both sides of the border was at 1,468.
Nepal’s tourism board on Thursday put the number of missing tourists and travelers, Nepali and foreigners, at 667 in total.