Families fly to Nepal in search for 33 missing British nationals

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Among the British nationals reported missing are a 13-year-old girl and 14-year-old boy.

Families of missing UK nationals person flown retired to Nepal to hunt for their relatives.

The decease toll from the floods successful Nepal and Tibet has risen to astatine slightest 475, with respective 100 radical missing, including 537 tourists.

Among the British nationals reported missing are a 13-year-old miss and 14-year-old boy. On Friday, Nepalese authorities released a database of the names of each known missing tourists, 33 of which are British nationals.

The unreserved to find survivors comes amid warnings of further flooding crossed the region.

Prime Minister Andy Burnham said the UK has offered £5m to assistance the Nepalese authorities pursuing the floods, saying it was a "very distressing and devastating situation".

He had antecedently urged Britons successful the portion "to travel guidance from the section authorities and travel our question advice".

Speaking connected Thursday, King Charles said helium and the Queen were "heartbroken" and sent their "most profound sympathy" to those affected.

As rescue efforts continue, details of the missing are dilatory emerging.

Fishtail Tours and Travels confirmed Leena Bector, from Slough, was among 27 travellers linked to the circuit institution who stay unaccounted for.

Her husband, Bhupesh Bector, told The Times: "I cognize that she's successful Nepal for sure, truthful adjacent if they find her contiguous oregon tomorrow, I request to beryllium there."

Essex caregiver Rajendra Pudasaini said his relatives were "swept away" by the floods.

"My wife's auntie and uncle, and their granddaughter and her hubby are missing, and my godson arsenic well," helium told PA Media.

"They're gone. The velocity the h2o came, they couldn't beryllium saved, they were conscionable swept away."

Sarada Simkhada, a elder caregiver astatine Darent Valley Hospital successful Kent, is besides among the missing, according to a section councillor.

The Times said Simkhada was "following successful the footsteps of thousands of Hindus this period successful making the spiritual travel to Mount Kailash".

Tatajana Phillips, from Folkestone successful Kent, told the BBC she has not been capable to interaction her sister who was adjacent the Nepal-Tibet borderline erstwhile devastating flash flooding hit.

She said the past known determination of her sister Julija Jakovicka was successful the borderline country an hr earlier the flash floods struck.

"Then determination is nary much news," she told the BBC.

Phillips said her sister, a mother-of-two surviving successful Germany, was successful the state for a yoga and meditation retreat.

"We are terribly worried," added Phillips' hubby Ben. "We conscionable cognize wherever they were and that's truly tough."