MANILA — The Department of Foreign Affairs has yet to receive or obtain any information about the Filipino doctor who remains missing after deadly floods in Nepal.
The agency said Sunday night that they are coordinating with the Philippine Embassy in New Delhi and the Philippine Honorary Consulate General in Kathmandu regarding Dr. Juan Carlos Manalo.
"To date, no information about Dr. Manalo has yet been received or obtained," the DFA said.
According to the DFA's statement, Manalo was "a volunteer with the Isha Foundation, a global, volunteer-led, non-profit spiritual organization, and was assigned to the Kerung border area in Tibet."
Earlier in the day, Manalo's family expressed worry about the lack of updates from the government, though they also noted that they understand the difficulty on the ground.
"We're still saddened and very worried by the lack of updates regarding my brother and his group, but we understand the difficulties on the ground given the aftermath. We're still hoping and praying for good news soon," Manalo's sister, Chiara, told ABS-CBN News.
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Manalo said her brother was in Timure, a kilometer away from Gyirong immigration office, at the time he went missing. The doctor, she said, was one of the volunteers stationed by the base of the mountain in Timure.
The family's last contact with Juan Carlos was on Aug. 25, a day before the flash floods.
Some 3,048 are still missing after a deadly wall of water and debris swept through the Himalayas, engulfing entire villages.
Rescuers in Nepal and China are battling through leg-sucking mud, as well as the threat of rising rivers and a newly formed lake.
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There were 768 confirmed deaths, with reports of some bodies possibly swept downstream as far away as India.
The disaster, which struck the China-Nepal border Wednesday morning, was caused by a glacial collapse, sending a wall of water and debris downstream, the US Geological Survey said.
— with Agence France-Presse
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