India, Sept. 17 -- The death toll from the devastating flash floods in Nepal surged to 1,410 on Thursday, with over 6,100 people still missing, according to the country's disaster management authorities.

Flash floods, triggered by an ice-rock avalanche near the Nepal-Tibet border on August 26, devastated towns and villages in northern and central Nepal.

The Bhotekoshi River, which flows south from the Himalayan border region, carried the floodwaters downstream, sweeping away homes, vehicles, roads and bridges and damaging hydropower projects.

According to the data issued by Nepal's National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority(NDRRMA) on Thursday evening, 1,410 people have been killed in the floods so far, with 6,145 people...