Poor weather hampered aerial rescue operations in Nepal as the search for
hundreds of missing people in areas devastated by catastrophic flash floods
along the border with China entered its fourth day.

Rescue workers and military personnel have been working around the clock
since Wednesday's disaster that killed nearly 600 people and left around
3,000 missing.

Some survivors have been pulled from the mud, while crews continue searching
several locations for those still missing.

Despite the disruption to aerial operations, search and rescue efforts
continued at several locations in Nepal as well as in Tibet on the Chinese
side of the border.

Rescuers have been on high alert for more flooding from a new lake that
formed high up in the Himalayan mountains after the initial floods Wednesday.
Experts warned that the lake, created after a glacier collapse that triggered
the floods, was starting to overflow.

Meanwhile, Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te (賴清德) has offered his condolences
to all those affected by the floods and mudslides.

Taiwan is prepared to quickly dispatch members of its national special
search-and-rescue team to Nepal if it receives a request, according to the
Taipei Times. It reported that Taiwan has yet to receive such a request but
it making tentative plans in any case.

There haven't yet been any reports of Taiwanese missing in Nepal or China
after the flash flooding.