A Hong Kong Nepalese man is searching for his cousin who is missing after the catastrophic flood struck the Himalayan border between Nepal and Tibet.
Y.B. Gurung, a 64-year-old retiree, told the South China Morning Post that he last spoke with his tour guide cousin Raju Gurung, 40, at 8am on August 26, shortly before a massive glacial collapse triggered the flash flood that washed away villages and left at least 1,225 people dead.
“I cannot sleep every night. I am praying every day that he was rescued,” Gurung said on Thursday.
At the time of the disaster, his cousin was leading a 42-member team on a pilgrimage into Tibet.
The family has tried desperately to locate him by reaching out to the Chinese embassy, but to no avail.
As of Wednesday, China had confirmed 21 deaths and 541 missing people.
