The Nepal Tourism Board reported Thursday that 63 Americans were among hundreds The scale of the devastation has become clearer by the…

of foreign tourists who had not yet been located, although officials cautioned that the number of missing U.S. citizens has fluctuated as communications are restored and rescue teams reach previously inaccessible areas.

Two Americans, described as a man and woman in their 50s, were among 27 foreign tourists successfully rescued from the devastated Rasuwa district, providing a rare piece of encouraging news as the massive recovery effort continued.