Kathmandu, July 8 -- Nepal Police on Tuesday morning recovered 7 dead bodies following the flood that wreaked havoc along Nepal-China border, with 18 still missing.

In an update posted on social media X, the Nepal Police announced that those missing include three Police personnel, six Chinese nationals and nine civilians.

"A total of 55 individuals have been rescued from the flood-affected areas," the update stated.

The Nepal Police hasn't updated about where the bodies were recovered from or the identities of the bodies.

The flood which swept through the Nepal's Rasuwa district shortly after midnight has been traced to a permafrost collapse in the upper catchment of the Lhende River, across the border in Tibet.

The preliminary asses...