Nearly 2,500 people remained missing on Saturday after devastating flash floods and landslides struck the Nepal-Tibet border, with the confirmed death toll reaching 586.
The figures are still changing as rescue teams search through damaged towns, roads and other areas cut off by the disaster.
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Nepal's disaster agency said 1,924 people were missing on its side of the border, while 579 people had been confirmed dead. In Tibet, Chinese authorities reported 554 people missing and seven deaths, taking the combined number of missing people to 2,478.
The sharp rise in the missing figure in Nepal reflects updated information collected by authorities as rescue and recovery work continues.
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Foreign nationals among the missing
Nepal's disaster agency said 517 foreign nationals were still missing in the country. Chinese officials had separately reported 260 foreigners missing in Tibet.
That puts the number of foreign nationals unaccounted for across the affected region at at least 777.
The Nepal Tourism Board said 622 tourists were still "out of communication", including 473 foreign tourists. It also said 121 tourists had been rescued.
The total number of people rescued, including local residents and foreign workers, was not immediately clear.
