Flash floods on the Nepal-Tibet border: hundreds missing, including foreign tourists

South Africa

5 SOURCES

National Consular Diplomacy · 8 of 13 countries

Pretoria is first focusing on the fate of its own citizens: four South Africans who have gone missing after the floods in Nepal, and the humanitarian organization Gift of the Givers is ready to deploy as soon as an international call is made.

Australia

5 SOURCES

National Consular Diplomacy · 8 of 13 countries

Canberra is gauging the Himalayan disaster by the 34 nationals who have gone missing, placing Minister Penny Wong and the DFAT at the center of the national narrative rather than the regional humanitarian toll.

Bangladesh

2 SOURCES

South Asian Regional Solidarity · 2 of 13 countries

Dhaka is extending a hand to Kathmandu and weighing regional hydrological risks rather than focusing on the death toll.

Canada

incl. 1 state outlet

4 SOURCES

National Consular Diplomacy · 8 of 13 countries

Ottawa is mobilizing its consular diplomacy for the 24 Canadians reported missing in the Himalayan floods, as Mark Carney describes the disaster as "absolutely devastating".

South Korea

4 SOURCES

National Consular Diplomacy · 8 of 13 countries

Seoul is focusing its narrative on the fate of its nine nationals who have gone missing at the Nepalese hydroelectric construction site, putting the international toll on the back burner.

United States

4 SOURCES

National Consular Diplomacy · 8 of 13 countries

The United States government first assesses the danger to its citizens: 47 Americans are reported missing among tourists in Nepal, ahead of emergency aid and a consular warning.

France

6 SOURCES

National Consular Diplomacy · 8 of 13 countries

France is closely monitoring the situation of its 80 nationals registered in Nepal, with no French casualties confirmed so far by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

India

4 SOURCES

National Consular Diplomacy · 8 of 13 countries

New Delhi is mobilizing its diplomacy regarding the fate of its missing citizens in Nepal, particularly the Kailash pilgrims, while putting Bihar and Uttar Pradesh on alert due to the floodwaters rising towards its own borders.

Japan

2 SOURCES

Scientific and Climate Perspective · 2 of 13 countries

Tokyo views the Nepal disaster as scientific evidence of a warming Himalaya, rather than a consular crisis involving Japanese nationals.

Malaysia

5 SOURCES

National Consular Diplomacy · 8 of 13 countries

Kuala Lumpur is focusing its concern on the fate of its own nationals who are unaccounted for at the Nepal-Tibet border, rather than the overall toll of the disaster.

Népal

10 SOURCES

Nepalese Domestic Narrative · 1 of 13 countries

Kathmandu is tracking the Bhotekoshi flood hour by hour and structuring its response around a single donation portal, prioritizing the national toll district by district over the fate of foreign tourists alone.

Pakistan

2 SOURCES

South Asian Regional Solidarity · 2 of 13 countries

Islamabad is grappling with a disaster that spare its own citizens but puts neighboring India at the center of the humanitarian response, from Kailash pilgrims to relief efforts sent to Nepal.

Qatar

incl. 1 state outlet

2 SOURCES

Scientific and Climate Perspective · 2 of 13 countries

Doha details the international humanitarian mobilization and the toll of the Himalayan floods, with no Qatari nationals reported among the missing.