00:00The death toll from devastating floods in Nepal and Tibet has risen to at least 900,
00:05with around 4,200 people still missing.
00:08Rescue teams are struggling to reach isolated communities as the operation enters its sixth day.
00:15Of those still missing, more than 3,600 are Nepali citizens,
00:20while nearly 600 are foreign nationals, including more than 50 Malaysians,
00:25who remain unaccounted for, according to Wismaputra.
00:28Across the border in Tibet, at least 16 people have died, with more than 500 still missing.
00:34The disaster was triggered by a glacial collapse,
00:38which sent a wall of water and debris downstream, sweeping through villages.
00:43Hundreds of those missing are believed to be workers at hydropower sites,
00:48some of whom who were working inside tunnels when the flood hit.
00:52Nepal has also begun burying some of the victims,
00:55after taking DNA samples to help families identify and claim the bodies later.
