Nepal’s police said the death toll from landslides and flooding caused by them had reached 1,342 by early Saturday.

Nepal’s police said the death toll from landslides and flooding caused by them had reached 1,342 by early Saturday.

Accordingly, 4,898 people are still missing, and search and rescue operations are ongoing in the affected areas.

The disaster began on September 4, when a glacier collapsed in the Langtang Lirung highlands, destroying villages along a 72-kilometer stretch of the Trishuli River.

According to the United Nations, the deadly event is Nepal’s worst natural disaster since the 2015 earthquake, which killed about 9,000 people.