The United States provides $3.6 million in humanitarian aid to Nepal after catastrophic floods

The US State Department announced, on Sunday, the provision of humanitarian aid worth $3.6 million to Nepal in the wake of the catastrophic floods that swept the country, after it had announced two days earlier an amount of $500,000.

The department said in a statement: “The United States stands with the people of Nepal by providing life-saving humanitarian assistance worth more than $3.6 million, including emergency food assistance sufficient for up to three months for up to 10,000 families affected by the floods.”

The ministry added that the US embassies in Nepal and China "are working in close coordination to assist Americans and support relief efforts."

The State Department announced Thursday that the United States is “rapidly deploying” $500,000 in aid to affected communities.

About 3,000 people are still missing following floods that swept the Nepal-China border on Wednesday.

Remote areas remain difficult to access, including sites and tunnels inhabited by hundreds of hydropower plant workers.

More than 670 people have died in Nepal, and at least seven in China, where authorities delayed issuing updates. The Nepalese authorities are facing great difficulty in dealing with the increasing number of bodies.