Rescue teams are searching for three Dutch nationals who remain missing after devastating floods struck Nepal and Tibet.
The missing people include 29-year-old Christiaan Berghuis from Nijkerk and 51-year-old Maaike Moolhuijsen from Haarlem.
The third person is a Dutch woman who had moved to Nepal. Authorities have not released her name or age.
Berghuis and Moolhuijsen were travelling to Mount Kailash, a sacred mountain in Tibet, when the disaster happened.
They were part of a pilgrimage group containing about 80 people. The Isha Foundation organised the journey.
The group had travelled from Kathmandu and was reportedly waiting at an immigration office near the border when the flood struck.
The organisation said it lost contact with the volunteer leading the group about nine minutes before the flood reached the area.
Officials fear the immigration building may have been covered by water, mud and debris.
The Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the families have been unable to contact the three missing people.
Officials are working with local authorities to obtain more information.
The disaster began on August 26, 2026, after a glacier and surrounding rock collapsed in the Himalayan region.
The collapse sent a large volume of water and debris into valleys near the Nepal-China border.
The death toll in Nepal has passed 1,000. Thousands of people remain missing, including hundreds of foreign tourists and pilgrims.
Hundreds of workers are also missing at damaged hydropower sites. Some are feared trapped inside flooded tunnels.
Rescue teams face blocked roads, unstable ground and communication problems as they try to reach remote areas.
Authorities have started collecting DNA samples to help identify bodies that families have not claimed.
The search for the three Dutch nationals continues.
