Nepalese authorities say 33 UK nationals missing after floods

Nepalese authorities report that 33 British nationals remain missing after severe flash floods struck the region. According to question logs supplied to the Press Association by Alpine Eco Trek, the ages of the missing UK citizens range from 13 to 65. The trek operator identified the youngest as a 13‑year‑old girl, describing her as the “youngest subordinate of the radical” and noting the information came from PA. Alpine Eco Trek also said that four of its Nepali trekking guides are unaccounted for. Manager Kumar Adhikari explained that he maintained contact with the guides until 08:40, when they were expected to arrive at the Tibet migration office; after that point their phones went dead. He told the Press Association, “We were hoping that wrong it was safe,” helium told PA, “but aboriginal the video came from China's authorities which [showed] adjacent Tibet's broadside was deed by the flood.” Adhikari added that he has been “slowly responding to” the families of the British citizens but has been unable to provide any updates, saying he has liaised with the British consulate and forwarded copies of the clients’ passports. He further remarked, “I consciousness truthful sad. We are conscionable reasoning astir what to bash next...We are successful symptom astatine the moment, heavy pain.” A second operator, Himalayan Glacier US, informed the BBC that it has lost contact with a