The death toll from devastating floods in Nepal and China rose to 478, with more than 1,200 people, most of them foreign nationals, still missing as Kathmandu began assessing the damage Friday, according to officials, writes aa.com.tr.

Nepalese police said the death toll from Wednesday's floods has reached 475, the Kathmandu Post reported. China confirmed three deaths in the southwestern Xizang Autonomous Region, also known as Tibet, bringing the combined death toll to 478.

The floods and landslides struck northern and central Nepal early Wednesday, sweeping through communities along the Bhotekoshi and Trishuli rivers and carrying people and debris downstream.

Nepal’s Foreign Ministry said 596 people from 33 countries were still missing. Another 127 Nepalese nationals were unaccounted for, according to the Nepal Tourism Board. China said 558 people, including 260 foreigners, remained missing in Tibet as search and rescue operations continued.

Figures shared by Nepal and China showed some 1,281 people, including 856 foreigners, were still missing. Most of the missing foreigners, 288, are from neighboring India, including 73 nationals working on the Trishuli-1 Hydropower Project.

Hundreds of residents, construction workers and tourists in affected areas of Gyirong County in Tibet have been evacuated and resettled in safer places, Chinese state-run Xinhua News Agency reported.