The death toll from the flood disaster on the border of Nepal and China has risen to 669.

Efforts launched to rescue those swept away by floodwaters due to the disaster affecting regions of Nepal near the Chinese border are ongoing.

According to local media reports, Nepal police officials reported that the death toll from the flood has risen to 669.

Officials announced that 2,301 people were injured in the disaster, while media reports state that around 2,500 people, including foreigners on both the Nepalese and Chinese sides of the border, are still missing.

A flood occurred in the Rasuwa district of Nepal on August 26, and it was reported that dozens of bridges were destroyed, roads were damaged, and helicopters were dispatched for search and rescue operations.

It had been reported that the number of people who lost their lives in China's Tibet Autonomous Region due to the flood in Nepal had risen to 7.

Experts point to a glacier collapse

The US Geological Survey, which initially announced that an earthquake had occurred in the region prior to the flood, updated its data to state that the source of the 5.2 magnitude seismic activity was a glacier collapse.

Experts at the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, based in Kathmandu, stated that the flood was caused by an avalanche triggered by pieces of glacier breaking off from the mountainous area in the region.