One thousand Europeans missing after Nepal quake
Twelve EU citizens have been confirmed dead and one thousand missing in Nepal after a deadly earthquake struck Sunday, said an EU ambassador, Reuters reported.
One thousand people from the European Union, mostly tourists, are missing and 12 are confirmed dead nearly a week after a devastating earthquake, the head of the EU delegation here said Friday.
"We don't know where they are, or they could be," Ambassador Rensje Teerink told reporters, adding that those unaccounted for were mostly tourists in the Langtang and Lukla areas.
Langtang is a trekking region to the north of Kathmandu that has been hit by a huge avalanche and mudslides, while Lukla is the jumping off point for walkers and climbers making the nine-day trek to Everest base camp.