Authorities in ?Nepal have stopped ?rescue operations ?for the ?next 90 minutes, ?an army officer said on Friday, ?after ?reports ?that a ?dammed lake ?in the flood-hit region began to overflow.

Helicopter rescue operations in ?the flood hit Rasuwa district ?were stopped and locals were ?seen rushing up ?the hill, according ?to ?a Reuters ?witness.

Nepal’s foreign ?ministry said ?that it was managing the rescue efforts. “The offer for help is natural. Our security agencies ?are doing the search and rescue operation. For now we don’t require such help,” Lok Bahadur Chhetri, spokesperson for the foreign ministry, said without providing further details.

South Korea’s foreign ministry said Nepal had indicated it was not yet planning to accept foreign rescue teams.

A South Korean rapid response team is already in Kathmandu but has not been deployed, it added.

(Source: The Guardian)