The death toll from the flashfloods in Nepal rose to 675 on Saturday while nearly 2,400 people, including 287 Indians, remained missing even as an 11-member Army technical team from India began search and rescue operations to evacuate individuals stranded in inundated Trishuli hydropower project tunnels in the neighbouring country.

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More than 4,400 people have been rescued or evacuated so far as emergency teams race against time to reach remote settlements cut off after roads and bridges were washed away. Nepalese officials said those rescued included at least 261 foreign tourists who had...