Chinese state media: 261 foreigners among missing in Tibetpublished at 02:23 BST

02:23 BST

According to Chinese state broadcaster CCTV, among the 546 missing people in the Tibet flood, 261 are foreigners from 23 countries.

Chinese authorities have notified their embassies and consulates in China, CCTV reports.

Fifteen British nationals are among the missing in Tibet, according to the report.

Nepalese authorities have already reported that 33 British nationals are missing. Several of them are thought to have been making their way across the border to Tibet, so it is unclear how many of the 15 British nationals reported as missing by Chinese authorities are included in the figure reported by Nepal.

Here is a further breakdown of missing foreigners on the Tibet side, according to Chinese state media: three Malaysians, 104 Nepalis, 49 Indians, four South Africans, two Irish nationals, two Estonians, three Germans, three Russians, two French nationals, one Finn, two Dutch nationals, 33 Latvians, one Lithuanian, one Portuguese national, one Ukrainian, one Spaniard, one Hungarian, six Canadians, 18 Americans, six Australians and two New Zealanders.

The information on the missing people came from a joint investigation and collaboration with multiple agencies including foreign affairs, public security, culture and tourism and emergency management.