Rescuers are searching for 19 people missing in severe flooding in Nepal that swept away a key bridge connecting the country with China.

At least eight people were killed and over two dozen were missing after the Bhote Koshi River flooded, washing away the "Friendship Bridge" that links China and Nepal, officials said on Tuesday.

So far, 9 people killed as flood causes heavy damage to infrastructure in border area, Nepalese media reports - Anadolu Ajansı