The U.S. State Department confirmed Tuesday that approximately 70 American citizens remain unaccounted for in the Nepal-China border region following devastating flooding, a slight decrease from previous reports, while 18 Americans have been confirmed safe. The department expressed deep sympathy to those affected and reiterated its commitment to providing updates to the families of those still missing. Authorities are urging Americans to avoid the disaster zone due to ongoing risks of flash floods and landslides. Search efforts are currently concentrated on three hydropower project tunnels, where dozens of workers are feared trapped beneath debris from the Aug. 26 glacier collapse that triggered the catastrophic flooding. Officials have not confirmed any American fatalities, though the disaster has claimed at least 1,399 lives across Nepal and China’s Tibet region, with over 5,400 others missing. Both governments have pointed to climate change as the cause of the glacier collapse.
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