Nepali Families Search for Missing Loved Ones After Glacial Collapse Floods on Nepal-Tibet Border

Nepali families search at a Kathmandu noticeboard for news of missing loved ones In short: Crowds of people are gathering at hospitals across Nepal in the desperate hope they will find information about their missing loved ones after catastrophic flash flooding. Photos of victims are placed next to images of survivors on hospital noticeboards. What's next? Rescuers are trying to access remote areas that have been inaccessible after the flooding destroyed hundreds of roads and bridges. Photographs of unidentified dead plaster the walls of a major hospital in Kathmandu. The pictures are printed on A4 paper, displayed in the hope someone will recognise them. But the rain regularly arrives before a loved one can — streaking and washing away the faces, forcing them to be reprinted. Rescuers in the areas hardest hit in Nepal's catastrophic flash flooding have to prioritise survivors. They cannot bring all the bodies back, so photos are taken instead. Hanging alongside the pictures of the lost is a noticeboard with lists of survivors and the injured. Crowds of people gather at the gates of the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital desperately hoping they will find their loved ones on the latter. Almost 2,500 people are now missing in Nepal after a glacial collapse sent a wall of water, mud and debris tearing through the valley on the border with Tibet, wiping out communities. Some 517 bodies have been recovered on the Nepali side. Hung next to the pictures of the deceased are smiling photos of those who are missing — remnants of better days. Friends and family are taking matters into their own hands, posting pictures of the people they are searching for. Police and volunteers are set up at desks taking the names and numbers of those who have missing relatives. Some people come here multiple times a day in the desperate hope they will receive good news. 'His phone is not connecting' Among the crowd at the hospital is Tilmaya Gurung. She has been visiting hospitals and morgues in the city searching for news of her sister's husband. Meg Bahadur was working at a hydropower plant in Rasuwa when the flood hit. The 49-year-old has two children. "We tried his phone several times but his phone is not connecting," she wept. "We came here to hospital to check the list pasted here but not found his name on the list." Her husband Jai Bahadur Gurung explained that the relatives split into groups to go to different sites to search for information. He is trying to remain hopeful, but as the days stretch on the fear is building. "We are here at hospital looking among dead,"he said. New methods for treatment developed More than 400 injured people, airlifted from the disaster area, have been brought here. Chief of the emergency medicine department Ramesh Kumar Maharjan said most of those patients had been buried in mud. "People were buried from head to toe and they have chest injuries and limb injuries, fractures, as well as head injuries and aspiration," he said. "They were crushed. Their chests were crushed. They had become trapped." He said some of the people that had recovered from suffocation had "mud trapped inside them". Staff have never treated patients like this before and are having to develop new methods, including a "decontamination shower" to remove the mud. One of his patients is a five-year-old girl who had lost all of her family members. She is in critical care with a head injury. This region is prone to natural disasters. It's been hit with earthquakes and more standard flooding before. But Dr Maharjan said this was a "different type of natural disaster" altogether. Difficulty in accessing key locations The flooding has destroyed roads and bridges, meaning the worst hit areas are only accessible by helicopter. It is not only making it difficult to get injured people out, it is also making it difficult to get aid in. Less than 10 kilometres from the hospital, at a specialist hub, people are loading trucks with supplies like hygiene kits, food, water, and protective equipment. Hangers are lined up, filled with donations from all over the world. The humanitarian staging area was already set up, built on experiences with previous natural disasters, and in some areas allowed supplies to arrive within five hours of the emergency being declared. But getting aid to those most in need is incredibly difficult. UN World Food Programme country director Riaz Lodhi said road access being cut to the worst hit areas was "very restrictive" and made it difficult to assess the situation. "We still don't know what the needs are out there,"he said. Aid supplies are currently being trucked a certain distance before being transferred to helicopter to be flown in. "It's an enormous challenge given the magnitude of the disaster," he said.

A small house painted green in Nepal was turned into a symbol of hope after a trending video showed the house standing in the middle of a huge flood that swept the area, while a family trapped inside watched the water, mud, rocks, and trees carrying away nearby homes and facilities. But the question that occupied millions of followers after the video circulated was: what happened to the family inside the house? Did they survive the flood? A devastating flood hits Nepal. The disaster began on August 26, 2026, after a massive landslide, including ice and rocks, struck the Leinde Khola River near Nepal’s northern border, causing catastrophic floods in areas downstream of the river. The Nepalese Ministry of the Interior reported that the disaster caused widespread destruction in the Rasuwa region, with effects extending to riverbank areas in Nawakot, Dedhing, and Gorkha. The floods were not just about rising water levels; the floodwaters carried mud, massive rocks, trees, and debris, destroying homes, roads, bridges, and vital installations. The ‘miracle house’ endures amid the devastation. In the Nawakot area, an extraordinary scene quickly spread on social media: while neighboring buildings were submerged, a green-painted house remained standing in its place, and several family members appeared on its balcony watching the catastrophe unfold around them. The floodwaters were encroaching on the house from multiple directions, and the family members could do nothing but wait in fear as parts of the surrounding area vanished beneath the floodwaves. How did the ‘Green House’ family survive? Reports confirmed that the people inside the house survived the floods, as the building withstood the waters long enough for rescue teams to reach them. According to reports, locals, security forces, and the army participated in rescues and in transporting those stranded to safe areas, while authorities used helicopters to reach some areas that were very difficult to access by land. As rescue operations continued, emergency teams evacuated thousands of people from affected areas. Thus, the green house, which for a moment seemed to be amid a sea of destruction, became a miracle and a temporary refuge for its occupants, giving them enough time to stay alive until help arrived. Why did the house not collapse despite the strength of the flood? Although the house was described on social media as the “miracle house,” its resilience does not appear to be due to a supernatural miracle; there may be engineering reasons behind it. Reports on the building’s nature indicate it was constructed with a reinforced concrete frame supported by steel elements, which gives the structure greater resistance to sideways forces compared to brick or unreinforced masonry buildings. The house’s location and method of construction may also have contributed to its ability to withstand the force of water and debris. The family survived, but the disaster left extensive devastation. The survival of the occupants inside the “Green House” became one of the brightest stories amid a broad humanitarian catastrophe, but the scene shown in the video hides a massive amount of loss: more than 750 people were killed, floods destroyed homes, roads, and bridges, and significant damage was inflicted on residents’ livelihoods and the region’s infrastructure, while rescue teams continued to search for the missing and reach people trapped in isolated areas.

Nepal-China flood survivors reach safe areas as families await news of nearly 3,000 missing Nepal-China flood survivors reach safe areas as families await news of nearly 3,000 missing NUWAKOT, Nepal (AP) — As rescue efforts in communities buried by catastrophic flash floods along the Nepal - China border entered their fourth day Saturday, authorities were still finding survivors and transporting them to safety. At relief centers, families of missing people waited anxiously for news of their loved ones as the death toll and the number of people unaccounted for continued to rise. The combined toll in Nepal and Tibet rose to 691 dead and over 3,000 people missing after China’s latest update on Sunday. Chinese authorities reported 16 deaths and 546 missing, while Nepal’s disaster agency said late Saturday that the death toll had climbed to 675 with 2,498 people missing. More than 3,700 people have been rescued in Nepal so far. In Nuwakot, one of the Nepali districts devastated by the floods, helicopters arrived loaded with boxes and bags of aid, including clothes, instant noodles, crackers and rice. Others returned from the flood-hit areas carrying survivors. An older man was carefully helped off one helicopter, while a soldier carried an older woman on his back to a medical tent. Most arrived with nothing except the clothes they were wearing. About a dozen people emerged from another helicopter. Soldiers carried several babies who had been evacuated. The evacuees had been brought from the nearby community of Trishuli. Villagers return to devastated homes As people were still leaving Trishuli, some village residents were returning to see what could be salvaged from their decimated homes. One boy walked out of the village carrying muddy sandals from his house. Another woman, Shoba Shretha, returned to find Sweetie, the dog she was forced to leave behind when the floods came. Shretha sat on the ground petting her and feeding her water from a bottle. At some point, relief coordinators cleared villagers, reporters and volunteers from the entrance to Trishuli, as excavation equipment drove into the flooded village to dig. Families begin to lose hope In Kathmandu, Nepal’s capital, relatives and friends gathered outside the main government hospital from early morning, desperately searching for news of missing loved ones. Many shuffled between the help desk and the hospital notice board, clutching photographs and scanning injured patients’ lists in the hope of finding them. Dil Maya Lama stood weeping outside the help desk at the hospital, searching for information about her missing 26-year-old brother, a driver for a hydropower company in Rasuwa. She had traveled from Ramechhap, about 130 kilometers (80 miles) away. “I came here with the hope that I might find him,” she said. “There is no information about him.” Nelza Moktan anxiously sought information about her missing cousin, who also worked as a driver in Rasuwa. “I feel hopeless. It has already been four days,” she said. Families covered hospital walls with posters showing missing relatives, photographs and contact numbers in a desperate appeal for any clue that could bring them home. Families search paper lists for any clue Back in Nuwakot, military personnel taped sheets of paper listing dozens of missing people to a wall at a relief center. Families crowded around to scan the names of the missing and dead, taking photos and wiping away tears. Rajesh Kumar Ram desperately searched through a list for his son’s name. “I’m hopeful, by chance, that my son is somewhere,” he said, crying as he spoke. “Maybe they find him stuck somewhere. I’m waiting for that moment only.” Outside, people walked along mud-covered streets past signs of the disaster. On one street, a truck was stuck in the mud with its bed raised in the air. Priti Kharel stood outside the entrance to the army barracks, holding a poster with a picture of her brother, Milan Kharel, who works as an engineering geologist at Doosan Enerbility. His family hasn’t heard from him since the floods. “It’s already four days,” said Kharel, who believes his brother could be one of the people trapped inside the tunnel of a hydropower construction site, where authorities have rescued some people. “We want the government to rescue him as soon as possible,” she added. Rescuers battle to find survivors in disaster-hit areas Search and rescue efforts continued at several locations in Nepal and China’s Tibet, including the Upper Trishuli-1 Hydropower Project in Nepal’s Rasuwa district and the severely damaged Gyirong border crossing on the Chinese side. Nepali Army spokesperson Brig. Gen. Raja Ram Basnet said rescue efforts would continue at the hydropower construction site, where authorities believe more than 100 people are trapped in a tunnel filled with thick mud. Rescuers had been on high alert for more flooding from a new lake that formed high up in the Himalayan mountains after the initial floods Wednesday. Monitoring data from the Chinese Ministry of Water Resources showed late Friday that the lake had dwindled in size. The water level dropped by 10 meters (32 feet) from the high point on Thursday morning, Chinese broadcaster CCTV said. The Chinese broadcaster showed images Saturday of rescuers arriving at Gyirong Port, the hard-hit border crossing with Nepal. “Anyone, anyone?” rescuers yelled. It was not immediately known how many people were at the border checkpoint building when the floods hit. Hundreds of the missing are foreigners who were in the area to work, trek or make a pilgrimage to a sacred peak. Chinese state media reported Sunday that the 261 missing foreigners include 104 people from Nepal, 49 from India, 33 from Latvia, 18 from the United States, 15 from Britain and several dozen from other countries. Steep mountains and narrow gorges hamper rescue operations In a news briefing Saturday, Nepalese Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal said authorities have mobilized all available resources with support from international assistance for search, rescue, relief and recovery operations, with a particular focus on locating those still missing. “This is currently our national priority,” he told reporters Saturday. He said rescue operations are challenging because of steep, tall mountains and narrow gorges in the disaster-hit region. Khanal said the government has sought specialized support from Nepal’s neighbors in tunnel rescue, survivor-detection technology, rapid forensic and DNA analysis, as well as morgue refrigerators. An 11-member tunnel rescue reconnaissance team from India has been deployed while a similar rescue team from China is expected shortly, he added. The minister said Nepal has received over 57 metric tons of relief supplies from India, with additional aid arriving from China, Japan, Australia and other countries. He added that further support will be sought as need assessments continue. ___ Kafle reported from Kathmandu, Nepal. Associated Press journalists Eileen Ng in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Sibi Arasu in Bengaluru, India; Upendra Mansingh in Nuwakot district, Nepal; Aijaz Hussain in New Delhi, India; and Didi Tang in Washington contributed to this report. ___ The Associated Press’ climate and environmental coverage receives financial support from multiple private foundations. AP is solely responsible for all content. Find AP’s standards for working with philanthropies, a list of supporters and funded coverage areas at AP.org.

The final minutes before floodwater crashed through Nepal-China border The video lasts only seconds. A dark wall appears from behind the buildings at Gyirong, on the Chinese side of the Nepal-Tibet border. At first, it looks almost like a black cloud. Then it gathers shape and speed: water, mud, boulders, ice and rock surging down the valley. The timestamp on the CCTV footage reads 10:59:53 local time. What happened in the minutes that followed is still difficult to reconstruct. But fragments of video and satellite imagery from before and after the disaster have begun to reveal the scale of the destruction. Much of the border complex appears to have been swept away, with buildings that once crowded the valley floor simply gone. Gyirong was one of the places devastated by the floods that tore through the region on 26 August. Just across the frontier, at Rasuwagadhi in Nepal's Rasuwa district, the destruction was also extensive. The Friendship Bridge linking Nepal and China was swept away, along with Nepal's immigration and customs facilities. Timure, the small trading settlement clustered around the crossing, was devastated. "This is a historic travel route between Kathmandu and Tibet. The area is geologically vulnerable, characterised by deep gorges and steep rivers that flow at high velocity, carry heavy sediment and can bring down huge boulders," says Ajay Dixit, a Kathmandu-based hydrologist. The route remains an important gateway between Nepal and China. It is a place where pilgrims heading towards Mount Kailash cross paths with traders travelling between Nepal and China, truck drivers, customs officials, tourists and people who live along the border. On the morning of the flood, more than 100 Indians may have been in or around the crossing. At least 275 Indians remain missing in Nepal, according to India's foreign ministry. Nepal's Department of Immigration has been trying to reconstruct who passed through Rasuwagadhi in the final hours before the disaster. Electronic records show that 89 Nepali and foreign nationals had cleared immigration to leave Nepal for Tibet, while four people had registered their entry into Nepal. The immigration system recorded its final transaction at 8:35:03am local time (10:52am Tibet time), less than 10 minutes before the torrent appeared on the CCTV footage at Gyirong. Four immigration employees, including the head of the Rasuwagadhi office, went missing in the floods. His body was later recovered far downstream. The female official who recorded the final transactions is still missing. Among the foreign nationals recorded leaving Nepal that morning were 32 Indians, 12 Chinese nationals and nine Americans, as well as citizens of Britain, Canada, Australia and Italy. Tika Ram Pokharel, a senior immigration assistant at Rasuwagadhi, was the only member of his office known to have survived. He had travelled to Kathmandu to sit an exam that day. But he says the electronic records capture only part of what was happening at the border that morning. The immigration office stood at Ghatte Khola Bazar, about 1.5km north of Timure. From there, it was another 2km to the Friendship Bridge marking the border with Tibet. Along that stretch were shops, hotels and parking areas where travellers and vehicles gathered before crossing. The Nepalese immigration office opened at 08:00, Pokharel says. Once travellers had cleared immigration, they could continue towards the border or wait in the area before crossing. When Pokharel called a colleague at 08:20 that morning, he was told the crossing was unusually busy. Around 300 to 400 people were waiting to leave Nepal for Tibet, he says, while others arriving from the Chinese side were also in the area. "Those who completed the immigration formalities that morning, I don't think were able to complete their immigration process on the Chinese side," Pokharel told the BBC. Pokharel says it took 15 to 20 minutes to walk from the Nepalese immigration office to the bridge after travellers had cleared immigration. Travellers arriving late the previous afternoon sometimes had to wait until the border reopened the next morning, while those travelling in groups or by bus would often wait for everyone to clear immigration before moving on together. That makes it difficult to know where those 89 people were when the flood struck. At 8:37am - less than two minutes after the immigration system recorded its final transaction - seismic instruments detected movement in the mountains above the border, according to a timeline compiled by Nepal's Centre of Hydrology and Water Resources Research. Researchers later attributed the signal to the collapse of part of a glacier that triggered the flood. China said the mudslide reached the border crossing from its origin in around seven minutes. People at the crossing could have been making their way towards the bridge, waiting in Ghatte Khola or preparing to cross towards the Chinese facility. Exactly where each person was remains unclear. And Ghatte Khola itself was far more than a waiting area. Pokharel says 50 to 60 houses stood there, alongside hotels, local businesses and four hydropower offices. It was also the final stop for buses from Kathmandu, and a base for drivers, helpers, tourist guides and cargo workers waiting for customs clearance. Travellers heading into Tibet often queued there from the previous day. "My 40-50 close friends are missing," Pokharel said. Pokharel believes the toll there could be far higher than official figures suggest, estimating that "2,000 to 2,500 people" may have been caught in the flood. The figure is his estimate and has not been independently verified. The immigration office itself stood about 100 metres above the river, Pokharel says. But during the flood, the water appeared to surge even higher. He initially hoped his missing colleagues might have escaped to grazing land several kilometres away. For some of the Indian pilgrims at the border, the morning had begun almost casually. They made video calls and reels for relatives back home, showing them the mountains as they waited for the Chinese immigration office to open. Sudipto Bhattacharya was receiving messages from his wife, Subhrasree Chakraborty, who was travelling with a group of more than 60 people. At 07:57 Nepal time, she sent him a photograph of the departure stamp in her passport: Nepalese immigration was done. Six minutes later, at 08:03, she sent another message: "We are waiting to enter China." Then the messages stopped. Among those at the Chinese immigration facility was a group of 77 pilgrims associated with the Isha Foundation, returning from Mount Kailash. They, along with three staff members, were unaccounted for after the flood swept through the area. When a 21-member Chinese rescue team reached Gyirong on 28 August, one rescuer told Reuters: "As far as the eye could see, there was nothing but ruins." The crossing had only recently recovered from another major flood. In July 2025, flooding shut Rasuwagadhi for nearly six months. It reopened on 1 January after China built a temporary bridge. Traffic had since returned. Chinese border authorities say more than 100,000 people had passed through Gyirong by June, while Nepali immigration records show 53,742 arrivals and departures at Rasuwagadhi in the year to mid-July. The two figures are based on different reporting periods and counting systems, making a direct comparison difficult. Indians were the largest group recorded at the Nepali immigration point, followed by Nepalis and Chinese. Gyirong had also become one of the main arteries linking Nepal and China. Posh Raj Pandey, chairman emeritus of the Kathmandu-based South Asia Watch on Trade, Economics and Environment, says Rasuwagadhi is one of Nepal's two main trading points with China, alongside Tatopani, and accounts for about a third of Nepal's $2.95bn trade with its northern neighbour. Around 60 to 70 trucks passed through the gorge each day, carrying electronics, machinery, vehicles, fruit, clothing and other goods towards Kathmandu. Pandey says the route also handled about 80% of Nepal's electric-vehicle imports from China. The crossing also lies along the proposed route of the railway connecting the region to Kathmandu, part of plans by Nepal and China to develop a trans-Himalayan rail network. "Nepal should develop an alternative China trade route and reconsider its wider development strategy, including its heavy concentration of hydropower projects along the same river system," Pandey says. "We have put all eggs here. We need to develop an alternative border port." Across the border, Pokharel was left thinking about conversations he had with the colleagues who were now missing. The previous year's flood had made staff at the Rasuwagadhi immigration office acutely aware of the danger. At night, he says, they sometimes "felt vibrations" and went outside to check the river. They had even discussed among themselves about escaping uphill if another flood struck. "But my friends could not get that chance," he said.

Kathmandu, Nepal — Five days after a rocky mountainside and the glacier it supported collapsed near Nepal's border with Tibet, , mud and debris on the valleys below that swept away everything in their path, rescuers were still searching Monday for reasons to hope.Over the weekend, a 6-year-old girl was miraculously pulled from the mud-covered rubble, fueling hope that some of the nearly 4,000 people still listed as missing in the wake of the disaster could be found alive. The death toll in Nepal and China passed 1,000 on Tuesday, authorities said, and the fear is that the toll will spiral as recovery efforts continue along the scars carved into the landscape by the raging floods. But the danger hasn't passed. The sacred Trishuli River was , this time from heavy monsoon rains that have spurred search and rescue teams to try and move even faster to find anyone still alive in the ruins.Samarth Srivastav was among the thousands of people desperately from the layers of thick mud and rubble in the Himalayan valleys."We're just trying to hope for good news now," Samarth told CBS News from Atlanta. His father Vivek was on the Nepal-Tibet border when the disaster struck last week. Samarth said his father joked with him on their last phone call about how steep the river valley walls around him were, saying, "You know, if I fall down there, like, I'll get swept away." Just hours after the call, a tsunami of glacial ice, water and mud swept away Tibet's immigration checkpoint on the border, and Vivek hasn't been heard from since. "Initially after hearing about it, you know, it was kind of like, okay, you know, maybe by the end of the day, you know? Might hear something back. And then the next day came and we didn't hear anything all day. And then more and more," he said. "As the number of missing people on record started to increase and, like, the severity of the situation actually started to hit, you know — we're seeing all these videos pop up on social media of people recording the disaster and everything that actually happened — I think that's when we actually started to get worried and realize that something might actually be wrong. This is actually a really bad situation." Since then, Samarth said it has been nothing but "increasing anxiety" for his family. "We still have the hope that he's probably okay — he's able to come back, he's probably doing fine out there," he said. "But, it's the fact we don't know anything yet, is just so scary to us." The torrents of floodwater and everything they picked up and carried with them pushed as far as 150 miles away, into neighboring India. At Nepal's biggest hospital, in the capital Kathmandu, an outside wall has been all but covered in posters bearing the photos of bodies recovered from the calamity. Another wall, on a smaller street nearby, was starting to fill up Monday. They are walls of the unknown dead — photos of some of the people still likely listed as missing. Many of the images are deeply disturbing, but desperate family members have no choice but to step up to pore over the grim images, pleading for any information about missing loved ones. In Georgia, Samarth said he was trying to keep calm, despite a lack of any information from officials in Nepal, or at home in the U.S. "Honestly, I haven't really heard as much from the U.S. government," he said. "There's not really much else we can do except just, like, sit and pray." Other American families with loved ones missing told CBS News over the weekend that they want more help from U.S. authorities, as well as the Chinese and Nepalese governments. One Virginia family told CBS News on Monday they had experienced a rollercoaster of emotions as conflicting information about survivors comes out, and while some members had lost hope that a husband and wife last thought to have been in Tibet could still be found alive, others were determined to wait for confirmation. So far, Chinese authorities have not confirmed whether any foreign tourists survived the disaster in Tibet.

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In Nepal, the death toll has been confirmed at more than 900 after a huge surge of water, mud, and rocks swept through a Himalayan river valley on the border with Tibet. The number of people missing has surpassed 4,700. Rescue teams are now excavating in about a dozen tunnels of hydroelectric projects where more than 900 workers have been trapped. Debris is blocking the tunnel entrances. Meanwhile, the morgues in Kathmandu are crowded and families are going through hospitals in search of their missing loved ones. Teams have buried hundreds of unidentified bodies in shallow graves. These were the words spoken by a farmer who has four missing relatives. Marichman Taman: “Everyone hopes to find their relatives. The army camp is crowded and we have to wait for a while. There is hope, but it’s possible there are bodies in nearby fields or farmlands. But their families, just like ours, keep the hope. I left my job in Kathmandu to come here and look for our missing relatives.” Click here to view our coverage from Kathmandu on the situation in Nepal.

Pope John XXIV? Wait—correction: Pope Leo XIV has organized financial assistance for Caritas Nepal through the Dicastery for the Service of Charity, coordinating with the Apostolic Nunciature in the country. This urgent aid aims to meet the most dire needs of those affected by the catastrophic floods of August 26, which swept through a large area near Tibet. The disaster has left nearly 630 dead and around 3,000 missing, including more than 500 foreigners. The Pope had already expressed his condolences to the victims with a telegram signed by Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin. Meanwhile, rescue work continues and the Nepalese army is working to save more than a hundred people trapped in a tunnel of a hydroelectric plant in the most affected area. The latest report from Nepal’s Tourism Board has confirmed the rescue of two Spanish citizens, reducing the number of Spaniards initially reported as missing from three to one. According to the Board, these citizens are in contact, though specific details about their status have not been disclosed. In total, local rescue forces have managed to contact or bring to safety 187 missing foreigners following the violent rise of the Bhotekoshi River. The official balance reports 626 deaths in Nepal and seven deaths in the Tibet Autonomous Region, where the tragedy has also struck. Thanks to this contribution, Caritas Nepal, under the supervision of the Apostolic Vicariate, continues to deploy efforts to assist those who have lost everything. The aid focuses on delivering food, essential supplies, and enabling shelters for affected families in the area. Archbishop Luis Marín de San Martín, prefect of the Dicastery for the Service of Charity, called this aid “a first aid” sent by the Holy Father to cover basic and priority needs. He added that this support is “a gesture of the Church that accompanies and sustains these peoples,” showing Vatican closeness in moments of crisis. The Italian Episcopal Conference (CEI) has also responded swiftly, allocating 500,000 euros from the eighth per thousand fund for humanitarian emergencies, not only in Nepal but also in Colombia, Peru, and Indonesia. Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, president of the CEI and Archbishop of Bologna, stressed that this action reflects “a sign of the Italian Church’s closeness to communities facing grave humanitarian crises.” The CEI emphasized that “the suffering of others affects us and calls us to act responsibly.” Its communiqué noted that “extending a hand to those who suffer means recognizing that no one saves themselves alone and that the bonds that unite us are stronger than distances.” It also urged fostering fraternity and care to restore ties, feed hope, and turn peace into a real option, especially in turbulent times of tension and conflict.

Nepal sigue intentando localizar a miles de desaparecidos tras las devastadoras inundaciones. La Policía ha comenzado a recurrir a pruebas de ADN para identificar cadáveres y restos humanos recuperados en las zonas afectadas La dimensión de la tragedia que golpea Nepal continúa creciendo. El último balance oficial eleva a903 las personas fallecidasy a4.247 las que siguen desaparecidasdespués de las devastadoras inundaciones que comenzaron el pasado 26 de agosto en el distrito de Rasuwa. Hay además 267 heridos. Más de20.800 miembros del Ejército, la Policía de Nepal y la Policía Armadacontinúan desplegados en las tareas de búsqueda, rescate y asistencia mientras las autoridades siguen recopilando información de las zonas más afectadas. El número de desaparecidos ha aumentado de forma considerable en las últimas horas a medida que se han recuperado las comunicaciones y las administraciones locales han podido incorporar nuevos casos al registro. La catástrofe comenzó a las8.40 horas del miércoles 26 de agosto, cuando una enorme crecida del río Bhote Koshi golpeó Rasuwa y avanzó después río abajo. El Ministerio del Interior de Nepal confirma graves daños en Rasuwa, Nuwakot, Dhading y Gorkha, aunque los efectos de la riada se han dejado sentir mucho más lejos. Cinco días después de la inundación, uno de los mayores problemas está siendo poner nombre a los cuerpos recuperados. LaPolicía de Nepal ha anunciado este lunes que está facilitando pruebas de ADN para identificar cadáveres y restos humanoscorrespondientes tanto a ciudadanos nepalíes como extranjeros desaparecidos después de la inundación del Bhote Koshi. En el aviso difundido por el cuerpo policial se pide a los familiares directos —padre, madre, hijo o hija— de las personas desaparecidas que aporten una muestra de sangre para elaborar el perfil genético que permita realizar las comparaciones. Information on DNA Profiling for unidentified Dead Bodies !!pic.twitter.com/dkVdTvY8Ap Quienes se encuentren en Nepal pueden hacerlo en el laboratorio de Patología del Hospital de la Policía de Nepal, en Maharajgunj, Katmandú, o a través de la oficina de policía de su distrito. Las autoridades solicitan además una fotografía de la persona desaparecida que pueda ayudar durante el proceso de identificación. La Policía ha establecido también un procedimiento para las familias que viven fuera del país. En esos casos, los familiares directos pueden realizarse un perfil de ADN en un laboratorio autorizado en el país en el que residan y remitir posteriormente los resultados a las autoridades nepalíes para que puedan compararlos con las muestras tomadas de los restos recuperados. Es una medida que refleja la enorme dificultad que están encontrando los equipos forenses. La fuerza del agua ha desplazado cuerpos y restos humanosa decenas e incluso cientos de kilómetros del lugar donde fueron arrastrados. El último balance disponible muestra hasta qué punto la tragedia se ha extendido río abajo: solo 24 cuerpos habían sido recuperados en Rasuwa, donde comenzó la inundación, frente a272 en Chitwan, 207 en Nawalparasi Este y 151 en Nawalparasi Oeste. También se han encontrado víctimas en Nuwakot, Dhading, Gorkha y Tanahun. La Policía de Nepal ha dado además otro paso poco habitual por la magnitud de la emergencia. Desde el pasado viernes está utilizando su plataforma oficial decadáveres no identificadospara facilitar a las familias información sobre los cuerpos recuperados después de la inundación. En su cuenta oficial en X, la Policía ha pedido a quienes buscan a familiares que consulten esa base de datos, accesible mediante un código QR o a través de su portal. रसुवा जिल्ला भोटेकोशीमा आएको बाढीबाट प्रभावित "पहिचान नखुलेका तथा बेवारिसे शव" सम्बन्धी विवरणहरूका लागि QR Scan वाhttps://t.co/pnKPe51ZdIहेर्न सक्नुहुन्छ ।#नेपालप्रहरी#NepalPolice#BelieveInBlue#ToServeandProtectpic.twitter.com/o8OqgBGhr6 La plataforma recoge fichas de los restos que todavía no han podido ser identificados. Entre los datos disponibles aparecen el sexo, la edad estimada cuando puede determinarse, el lugar y la fecha en que fueron encontrados y el centro donde permanecen los restos. El propio portal policial contiene ya registros vinculados expresamente al“desastre de Rasuwa”, con cuerpos recuperados en lugares como Nuwakot, Gorkha o Tanahun. La identificación se ha convertido en un enorme desafío. Hospitales y depósitos de cadáveres de diferentes puntos del país han recibido cuerpos arrastrados por los ríos Bhote Koshi, Trishuli y Narayani, algunos de ellos en condiciones que dificultan enormemente el reconocimiento visual. Las autoridades han comenzado a conservarmuestras de ADN, fotografías y otros elementos de identificaciónante la falta de espacio en algunas morgues y el deterioro de determinados restos. En varios lugares se están llevando a cabo enterramientos temporales después de obtener las muestras necesarias para que las víctimas puedan ser identificadas más adelante. Las autoridades aseguran que mantienen los datos y restos biológicos necesarios para que las familias puedan reclamar posteriormente a sus seres queridos. Entre las cifras de desaparecidos hay otro dato especialmente preocupante. La Autoridad Nacional para la Reducción y Gestión del Riesgo de Desastres contabiliza933 personas vinculadas a proyectos hidroeléctricosentre quienes todavía no han sido localizados. A ellas se suman centenares de residentes de Rasuwa y Nuwakot, miembros de las fuerzas de seguridad, empleados públicos y ciudadanos extranjeros. Las instalaciones hidroeléctricas sufrieron de lleno el impacto de la avenida de agua y lodo. Los equipos de rescate trabajan especialmente en varios túneles de grandes proyectos energéticos donde se teme que hayan quedado atrapados trabajadores. El terreno está dificultando enormemente las operaciones. La inundación destruyó carreteras y puentes y dejó numerosas zonas prácticamente aisladas, lo que ha obligado a utilizar helicópteros para trasladar supervivientes y equipos de emergencia. Hasta este lunes, las autoridades habían realizado411 vuelos de helicóptero. El Ejército ha evacuado por vía aérea a 3.344 ciudadanos nepalíes y 252 extranjeros. Las operaciones continúan mientras el país intenta atender simultáneamente a los supervivientes. Más de10.400 personas han sido rescatadasdesde el comienzo de las inundaciones. El Gobierno está enviando alimentos, medicamentos, material sanitario y productos básicos a las zonas afectadas y ha comenzado a liberar fondos extraordinarios para las administraciones locales. Rasuwa y Nuwakot han recibido diez millones de rupias cada uno para las primeras labores de emergencia, mientras que Dhading contará con otros cinco millones. Además, se han destinado 67,5 millones de rupias a 15 administraciones locales afectadas. El Gobierno reconoce que todavía no puede realizar una evaluación definitiva de los daños. Por ahora, las dos tareas avanzan en paralelo: buscar a quienes todavía pueden estar con vida e intentar identificar a quienes no lograron escapar. La petición lanzada este lunes por la Policía de Nepal para que las familias faciliten muestras de ADN muestra hasta qué punto la segunda tarea se ha vuelto urgente.Más de 4.200 personas siguen sin ser localizadasy cada nuevo cuerpo recuperado abre para muchas familias una búsqueda distinta: saber si detrás de un número o de una muestra genética está la persona a la que llevan cinco días esperando. Puedes seguir a Estrella Digital enX,Instagram,TikTokyLinkedIn

A group of hikers from Northern Virginia is among the more than 1,000 people missing after catastrophic floods in Nepal. What we know: Members of the group were on a hiking expedition at the time of the floods along the border of China and Nepal. Now, their families are pleading for help. The group of 10 men trained for months for the adventure, their families said. Sneha Sudhir’s husband is among the missing hikers. "We are trying to be able to reach their cell numbers. Nothing is coming up," Sudhir told FOX 5’s Josh Rosenthal on Thursday evening. "It’s been difficult. I’m pretty sure 10 families, nobody has heard anything. They’re just waiting for something to be coming in." Five of the friends in the hiking group live in Loudoun County. Their families said the men were on the trip with a guide and two additional helpers, they believe: a group of 13 total. Sudhir said the last time she heard from her husband was when he sent a photo showing an exit visa from Nepal, right by the border. She received the picture on Wednesday morning local time, around when the flooding began. Group of hikers from Northern Virginia missing after Nepal flood (Courtesy of Sneha Sudhir) According to authorities in Nepal and China, more than 390 people were killed in the floods. More than 1,400 remain missing. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) determined that the floods were likely caused by a glacial collapse and flow of debris that presented as a magnitude 5.2 landslide. Sudhis says she and the other families have been in touch with the embassies of Nepal, China and India. They have also been in touch with the Office of Representative Suhas Subramanyam and Senator Tim Kaine. What they're saying: Now, the families are looking to spread the word about what happened. Their hope is that someone sees and will be able to help. They believe that help must come quickly. Group of hikers from Northern Virginia missing after Nepal flood (Courtesy of Sneha Sudhir) "Any help, anything that anybody can help us with, any information is what we’re looking for," Sudhir said. "It’s been an emotional ride for us." Dhruva Yapalparvi, whose dad is among the missing, said, "We need as much help as we can get. So if word spreads, then I hope people will take action, and families can get rescued." Rep. Subramanyam shared a statement Thursday night, saying his team is working to make sure there’s a thorough search and rescue operation to help find missing people. "I am especially concerned that so many U.S. citizens have been impacted and are currently missing, including many of my constituents from Northern Virginia. Some of them were community leaders who went to find spiritual connection in the Himalayas," Rep. Subramanyam said. The Source: Information in this article is from original FOX 5 DC reporting.

A family seeks answers after an American undertaking a spiritual pilgrimage disappeared amid a catastrophic flood in the Himalayas that has left hundreds dead and thousands missing. Sunny Patel was watching a video that had gone viral about the flood on the Nepal-China border when he realized his father, Jitendra Patel, could have been affected by the disaster. Some workers collect notes near a mud-covered bank after the sudden floods in Trishuli, in the Nuwakot District (Nepal), on August 30, 2026. The number of people missing in the catastrophic flood that swept the Nepal-Tibet border area was approaching 3,000 as rescue teams combed the deep mud for survivors. (AFP, via Getty Images) RESCUE WORKERS STRANDED IN A NEPALESE TIBETAN HYDROELECTRIC TUNNEL AFTER A CATASTROPHIC FLOOD “I watched the video and all I could think was how horrible it was. And then… probably about 30 seconds later, I realized,” he recalled. “I sent a message to my mother, and she hoped we hadn’t seen the video. But of course, by then it had already gone viral… My mother replied and told me: ‘In fact, that’s exactly where he was.’” Sunny said the last time he spoke with his father was Wednesday morning, around that time local, when he believed his father had already crossed the border from Nepal into China, though he has not been able to confirm the details. The most frustrating part, he said, is the lack of information coming from China. He added that his family has contacted the Kathmandu and Beijing embassies, as well as the U.S. State Department. An image taken by drone shows damaged buildings and mud-covered houses along the Likhu River after the deadly floods and landslides at Devighat in the Nuwakot District (Nepal), on August 30, 2026. (REUTERS) THE DEATH TOLL FROM LANDSLIDES AND FLOODS ON THE NEPAL-CHINA BORDER ALREADY TOPS 670; NEARLY 3,000 MISSING The authorities have filed missing-person reports “in every agency we can think of, and some have responded.” “We’re trying to appear on these media programs to let people know that there are people on the Chinese side whom we don’t have much information about.” Experts believe the landslides and sudden floods on Wednesday in Nepal and Tibet were caused by a large chunk of ice breaking off a glacier and falling into the Lhende Khola, triggering waves of rocks, ice, and debris as tall as buildings that rushed through the mountainous river systems. The figures just released indicate that so far more than 600 people have died and over 3,000 are missing, while more than 4,000 have been rescued. An image taken by drone shows a man walking beside damaged buildings and mud-covered houses near the Likhu River after the deadly floods and landslides that occurred at Devighat, in the Nuwakot District (Nepal), on August 30, 2026. (REUTERS) RECOVERED REMAINS OF A U.S. CLIMBER AFTER A AVALANCHE IN PAKISTAN; OTHER ALPINISTS REMAIN MISSING That morning, Jitendra was with a group headed for the Kailash Monastery, a place thousands visit each year on a spiritual pilgrimage, according to Sunny. “Actually, they were supposed to have been there the day before, and from what we can gather, they had some trouble with the car… which, you know, could have changed everything.” Sunny said his father “believed in the goodness of people, perhaps even too much,” and that “he lived with goodness in his heart.” CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP “Always, always, always he would say: ‘God is good…’. If you called him and asked, ‘How are you?’ he would answer, ‘I’m great, God is wonderful.’ And he was, without a doubt, the most optimistic and positive person I’ve ever known.” Rescue operations were temporarily suspended on Saturday due to rain and dense fog. Authorities are also monitoring two upstream lakes formed by the disaster, one of which occasionally overflowed. Robert, Fox News, contributed to this report.

Nepal and China floods: More than a thousand dead and thousands missing The Nepal Disaster Management Authority on Tuesday said the devastating floods that struck Wednesday last week in the Himalayas have killed at least 987 people in Nepal. This brings the provisional death toll to 1,003, after 16 deaths recorded in China were added. The total number of missing people reached about 4,462, including 3,916 in Nepal alone. The Nepal Disaster Management Authority on Tuesday reported that the final overall count of Himalayan flood victims stands at 1,003 dead, including 987 in Nepal and 16 in China, according to authorities in both countries. The agency said the number of missing persons from the disaster rose to 4,462, of which 3,916 are inside Nepal’s territory per Kathmandu authorities, and 546 in the Tibet region under Chinese sovereignty according to Beijing’s official media. Read also: Nepal floods: survivors homeless, flood risk not over Among the missing are hundreds of tourists, pilgrims, and foreign workers, with 583 people among them in Nepal from more than 30 countries, and 261 in China from 23 countries, according to the same sources. In Nepal alone, 639 workers remain missing at hydroelectric plants or dam construction sites. In India, authorities in the state of Uttar Pradesh said they found 17 bodies several dozen kilometers downstream in the river valley below the disaster site. Francois24 / AFP

A disaster rescue personnel looks on at the site of damaged buildings in the aftermath of flash floods at Trishuli Bazar in Nepal's Nuwakot district Since a catastrophic flood struck the border area between Nepal and Tibet, Prajval Haldia in London has had no word from his parents who were on a pilgrimage in the region at the time. The 22-year-old's parents, Kavitha and Pavan Haldia, were part of a group of 16 members of a Hindu temple in south London who were on an organized trip when the tsunami-like disaster happened on Wednesday. "We get a call every day from a foreign office, but they don't really have any news," Haldia told AFP on Saturday. The group belong to the Sanatan Mandir and Community Centre in Coulsdon. A priest, Nabhi Nandan Das, was among the pilgrims, who were due to visit the sacred Hindu site of Mount Kailash, according to a spokesperson for the temple. Haldia learned of the floods from media reports around midday on Wednesday and immediately tried to call his parents. "Obviously the ringing tone didn't even come up. It was just straight to voicemail", he recalled. Haldia described checking where his parents were located. "Slowly, obviously the picture came together that they were supposed to be in the same area where like exactly where it hit," he described. "We know that they had left for the border crossing at Gyirong in the morning, and there's been no contact from them since they reached at least the Nepalese side of the border crossing, and they're on their way into China or Tibet"," Haldia explained. Four days after the disaster, the young man still has "no news at all". According to the Nepal Tourism Board, 33 British nationals are among the hundreds of foreigners reported missing. "Obviously, I understand it's hard to get information out of that area because of obviously the destruction ... (and) all the people are focused on the rescue. "It's just been very difficult", he added, still in shock. Haldia has been speaking to the relatives of other people missing from the same group. "Obviously it's quite hard, but the whole community has been incredibly supportive". "It's just I guess trying to stay positive, everyone together," he said. Unlike other relatives of the missing, Prajval does not plan to travel to the region at this stage, preferring to "stay contactable". "I'm the only child, the only next of kin really in the family," Haldia told AFP. "Spending hours on a plane at the moment in the situation, I don't think is the (right) move because it's so early on." He also worries about feeling useless on the ground and even making the rescue effort "more problematic". "I'm not a rescuer. I can't really contribute to that effort in any way. "I think the focus should obviously be on rescuing as many people as possible from this disaster", he added, hoping that his parents will be found safe and sound. mhc/ial/pdh/gv Originally published ondoc.afp.com, part of theBLOX Digital Content Exchange. 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Nepal and China Floods The death toll from landslides and flash floods that hit areas in Nepal and China last week has surpassed 1,000 people, according to authorities early Tuesday, as rescue and search operations continue for more than 4,400 people who remain missing. Ground rescue teams continue in Nepal amid extremely challenging humanitarian conditions, as efforts to recover victims and search for the missing persist, alongside stories of survivors who managed to endure the disaster despite the extent of the destruction. With the number of victims and missing people rising, authorities and families face a difficult task: returning the victims’ bodies to their families, at a time when identifying some of the bodies has become hard after they remained for days in the rivers. CNN reporters bore witness to scenes from a mass grave site in Nepal, where authorities are burying hundreds of victims whose identities could not be determined. Meanwhile, relatives of foreigners who went missing during the disaster have arrived in Nepal in search of their loved ones, including about 80 Americans. Among them is an American doctor who traveled to Nepal to look for her missing parents. She said the family hopes that her parents were able to hear the alarm and warning devices, and that they may have left the area by car or on foot to escape the floods. Rescue and search operations for the missing continue, as authorities deal with large numbers of victims and unidentified bodies, while families seek information about their loved ones’ fate.

Bidur, Nepal: Relatives of a missing Australian family have arrived in remote Nepal in the desperate hope of finding their loved ones among the survivors rescued from last Wednesday’s deadly floods. The four brothers spoke to this masthead from an army camp at the Nepalese town of Bidur, as helicopters - often carrying injured or shaken survivors - landed roughly every 10 minutes from obliterated regions upstream. Missing is their eldest brother, Sreedharan Iyer, 53, his wife Lakshmi, 49, and the couple’s two sons, Rudhra, 20, and Rishab, 23. The family, from the Sydney suburb of Cherrybrook, was travelling with a group of about 15 Australian friends to the Hindu sacred site of Mount Kailash when an ice avalanche near the Nepal-Tibet border sent water surging downstream, wiping out villages and leaving more than 2000 people dead or missing. “Not a single person, be it from the embassy, army or rescue team operations have been able to give us a lead concrete enough to say, ‘my family is there’,” Ganesh Gopalakrishnan said on Saturday. “[But] they have been very helpful. And we have positivity.” Ganesh was at work in Bangalore when he first learned the shocking news that a disaster was unfolding exactly where his family members were travelling. “We didn’t have the itinerary with us so we had to start from scratch, starting with the tour operator,” he said. “From there we found the itinerary and the place they spent that last night and morning, and then when they would have checked out. That was 8.45am.” The timeline meant the tour group was leaving the Hotel Kalaish only minutes after the avalanche upstream. “They were on their way towards the border check post [to get to Mount Kalaish],” Ganesh said. “It could have been they were face to face with the floods coming at them, and we just hope they managed to park their cars and escape to an elevated area.” None of the 52 people on the tour, which includes 35 Australians, have been found. Nor has any of the 11 vehicles they were travelling in. The combined death toll in Nepal and Tibet rose to 676 on Saturday, but it is likely to rise sharply because almost 3000 people, including 41 Australians, are still missing. More than 3700 people have been rescued in Nepal so far. Lakshmi runs the Leap Pad Early Learning Centre in Riverstone, the brothers said. Sreedharan is a mortgage broker. Their eldest son, Rishab, is a doctor, while Rudhra is studying medicine at a university in Sydney. “It is [Sreedharan’s] dream to get his children to become doctors,” Ganesh said. “He’s been very successful in getting two fine boys.” Australians in need of emergency consular assistance should contact the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s 24-hour Consular Emergency Centre on 1300 555 135, or +61 2 6261 3305 (if calling from overseas). Read more on the Nepal flood disaster: - ‘I must look for my sons’: A farmer’s extraordinary survival in Nepal - ‘Like a bomb exploded’: Likely cause of Nepal catastrophe - The 41 Australians missing in the floods: What we know about them - Visual story: How the disaster unfolded - ‘Huge gush of mud’: Survivors tell of escape from wall of rock and water - Video: People flee as mudslide hits port on China-Nepal border - ‘Most of my family is still missing’: The frantic search in Kathmandu for loved ones Get a note directly from our foreign correspondents on what’s making headlines around the world. Sign up for our weekly What in the World newsletter.

Tuesday, 19 Rabiʻ al-Awwal 1448 AH - September 1, 2026 | English Français Arabic Shahed Programs: Our latest episodes online * World News The death toll from floods in Nepal and Tibet rises to 633 August 29, 2026 ! A flood-swamped road in Galchi, Dhadhing District, Nepal, on August 26, 2026 - Reuters A flood-swamped road in Galchi, Dhadhing District, Nepal, on August 26, 2026 - Reuters A A A The death toll from the catastrophic floods that struck Nepal and the Tibetan region of China has risen to 633, while the number of missing people has approached 3,000, as rescue and search operations enter their fourth day amid challenging weather conditions hindering relief efforts. Nepal’s disaster management agency announced that the death toll rose to 626, with 2,426 people still missing across the country, compared to 579 dead and 1,924 missing in the previous tally. In the Chinese side, authorities reported 7 fatalities and more than 550 missing due to floods that swamped areas in the Tibet region. Rescue teams and the army continue search operations in affected areas along the Nepal–China border, following powerful floods that began on Wednesday and caused extensive damage to homes, roads, and infrastructure. Rescue teams managed to pull several survivors from the mud, while search operations for hundreds of missing people continue in several areas. Harsh weather on Saturday hindered air rescue operations in Nepal, making it difficult to reach the most affected areas. In relief centers, operations to receive survivors and provide aid continue, while many families await news of their missing relatives, amid fears that the death toll may rise as search efforts continue. More world news Most read

China-Nepal floods: 261 foreigners listed missing in Tibet, cyber police target rumours Nepalese and Indians account for more than half of nationals from 23 countries missing after devastating glacier collapse four days ago The missing foreigners were from 23 different countries and included 104 Nepalese citizens, authorities in Tibet’s Gyirong county told reporters. Also unaccounted for are 49 people from India; 33 Latvians; 18 from the United States; 15 from Britain; six each from Canada and Australia; four from South Africa; three each from Malaysia, Germany and Russia; two from Ireland, Estonia, France, the Netherlands and New Zealand; and one each from Kazakhstan, Finland, Lithuania, Portugal, Ukraine, Spain and Hungary. China has so far confirmed 16 deaths after Wednesday’s glacier collapse, while 546 people are missing. In Nepal, at least 788 have been confirmed dead, with more than 2,500 still unaccounted for. Sunday’s list of missing foreigners was China’s first release of country-by-country details. Beijing added that it had notified the diplomatic missions of the countries concerned.

!we-are-for-you !Article Image !icon-lock ‘So devastating’: Australian survivor on Nepal floods Rescued hiker Cara Severino says she is ‘blessed to be from Australia’. But the Nepal floods disaster continues to deliver heartbreak for Australian families awaiting news of loved ones. All your news for a great price Unlock this story and more with your subscription Digital Access What’s included Unlimited access on app & web A digital version of Today’s Paper Daily puzzles & Mind Games A subscription to The Wall Street Journal Subscriber-exclusive newsletters & early access to tomorrow’s front pages Pay As You Go No lock-in contract $1 a week for 4 weeks ($4 min. cost). Then $44 charged every 4 weeks. Read the fine print The Australian Digital subscription costs $4 charged for a duration of 4 weeks, after which it automatically renews to $44 charged every 4 weeks. Renewals occur unless cancelled as per full Terms and Conditions. Each payment, once made, is non-refundable, subject to law. Not in conjunction with any other offer. New customers only. Prices after any early discounted periods may be varied as per full Terms and Conditions. See www.theaustralian.com.au/subscriptionterms for full details. 12 Month Plan Lock in & save $6.50 a week for the first 12 months ($338 min. cost) charged as $26 every 4 weeks. Then $26 charged every 4 weeks. *Read the fine print The Australian Digital subscription 12 Month Plan costs $338 (min. cost) for the first 12 months, charged as $26 every 4 weeks. This automatically renews after the first 12 months to be charged as $26 (min. cost) every 4 weeks. Renewals occur unless cancelled as per full Terms and Conditions. No cancellations during the first 12 months. Each payment, once made, is non-refundable, subject to law. Not in conjunction with any other offer. New customers only. Prices after the first 12 months may be varied as per full Terms and Conditions. See www.theaustralian.com.au/subscriptionterms for full details. Subscribe Other subscription options Print + Digital Subscriptions Student Subscription Verified journalism. Expert analysis. Study smarter and stay informed with a student subscription View offer !Why Brand Image View offer Your Selection: $0 Your Selection – Change selection Today’s Total $0 Read the fine print Terms and Conditions !Error icon Sorry, we are unable to process your request at this time. Please try again later.

An Australian believed to be missing after floods ravaged the Nepal-Tibet border last week has been found alive. The person made contact with officials from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Dfat) on Tuesday from Tibet. They are receiving support from Australian consular officers and have spoken with their family. This brings the number of Australians missing in the flash floods down from 43 to 42. Another Australian, 25-year-old Cara Severino, was safely located last week. The foreign affairs minister, Penny Wong, said the government was “incredibly thankful” the person had been found. “It’s hard to imagine the sense of relief their loved ones must be feeling after what will have been an incredibly harrowing few days.” Due to privacy obligations the foreign affairs department was unable to provide further details about the individual. The death toll from the unprecedented deluge of ice, rock, mud and debris on Wednesday last week has risen to 939 people, with 16 more dead reported in Tibet. More than 4,400 are missing. Wong said the government needed to “remain realistic” about the days ahead. “Communications remain difficult, infrastructure has been destroyed and many areas are still difficult to reach,” she said. “As each day passes, our grave concerns for those still unaccounted for inevitably grow.” “Our thoughts remain firmly with all those waiting for news of family and friends, and with the search and rescue teams working in extraordinarily difficult circumstances.” Australia has sent a $8m assistance package for affected communities on the border between Nepal and the Chinese region of Tibet. Nepal has deployed nearly 20,000 security personnel to support search and rescue, and Chinese state media has reported that 2,141 emergency personnel have been deployed.

Five-year-old Ishara Tamang lies in a hospital bed in Kathmandu, injured and separated from her family, after surviving the flash floods that devastated Rasuwa district on the Nepal-Tibet border. She was rescued from the floodwaters in Khalte, a village in Rasuwa, after being trapped in a net, the Onlinekhabar news portal reported. Ishara told hospital staff: “Mother was swept away. I jumped and moved forward, then got trapped in the net.” The August 26 floods - which travelled downstream through the Bhotekoshi and Trishuli river system - have left a trail of destruction across northern and central Nepal, with the death toll crossing 700 on Sunday (August 30, 2026), while around 2,500 people are still missing. Families, on Sunday (August 30, 2026), crowded hospitals searching for missing relatives as rescuers continued digging through mud and debris amid intermittent rainfall and renewed concerns over rising river levels. Ishara was with her mother when the flood struck. The child was swept away, tried to move forward and became trapped in a net before rescuers found her and brought her to safety. She was not accompanied by a family member at the hospital. When she regained consciousness, she was able to tell medical staff her name and said her father was in Kathmandu. Her mother’s whereabouts remained unknown, the report said. In another rescue operation at the Timure border town, an Armed Police Force team searching the wreckage of a collapsed security post heard a child's cries. The Kathmandu Post newspaper reported that the rescuers dug through the debris and pulled out a six-year-old girl alive. The team had initially been unable to see anyone beneath the collapsed structure, but heard the child's crying while searching the site, said the report quoting a senior security official. The girl was taken to the border outpost in Timure, but bad weather prevented her immediate evacuation to a hospital, the newspaper reported, without sharing her identity. In another rescue operation, a five-year-old girl rescued alive from beneath rubble two days after the devastating flash floods has been reunited with her parents in a Kathmandu hospital, the BBC reported. Manisha was found near Syabrubesi in Rasuwa district on Friday (August 28, 2026) after rescuers searching for survivors thought they heard a cat trapped under the debris. A senior official with Nepal’s Armed Police Force told the BBC that rescuers began clearing the rubble and found the girl trapped underneath. It took about two hours to pull her out. ALSO WATCH Watch: Nepal Flash Floods: Death toll rises to 768 as Bhotekoshi river water level rises again Manisha was barely responsive, and bad weather prevented her immediate evacuation by helicopter. Rescuers took her to a force camp, gave her water and later fed her boiled rice water after she regained consciousness. She was flown to Kathmandu on Saturday (August 29, 2026) afternoon and admitted to the Teaching Hospital’s paediatric emergency department. On Sunday (August 30, 2026), the hospital said she was recovering. The BBC reported that Manisha has since been reunited with her parents. At Timure, businessman Nischal Tripathi escaped the flood by running from a building as water and mud surged through the settlement. According to Onlinekhabar, Mr. Tripathi had been in Timure for about 20 days on business and was on the fifth floor of a building when he felt it shake. He ran downstairs and jumped from around the second floor before reaching the mountainside. Mr. Tripathi and others then fled into the forest. They spent the night on noodles and biscuits before moving to a goat shed, where around 150 to 200 people gathered along with Nepali Army personnel, Onlinekhabar reported. Mr. Tripathi told the news portal that his brother, five or six members of his team and seven truck drivers remained out of contact. “Only one or two houses appear to have survived,” he said, describing the destruction. For Rekha Devi Gosain of Trishuli Bazaar, surviving the flood has meant confronting the loss of her home, livelihood and access to essential medicines. The Kathmandu Post reported that the flood swept away Ms. Gosain’s home and four shops. Her vehicle, motorcycle and other belongings were also lost, and she was unable to save the medicines she takes for diabetes, high blood pressure and thyroid disease. Ms. Gosain was among the people staying in the area around Trishuli Hospital after the disaster, according to the newspaper. Her son Raghubir told the newspaper that she had gone three days without her regular medicines because the hospital did not have them. The survivors' stories are unfolding alongside a much larger search for those who remain missing. Over the last few days, families have gathered at hospitals with photographs and other information about missing relatives, checking lists and waiting for news of those who may have survived. For those pulled from the rubble, swept towards hillsides or stranded overnight in forests, surviving the flood was only the first part of the ordeal. For thousands of families still searching, the wait for news continues. Published - August 30, 2026 05:43 pm IST

Thank you for registering Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in Jump to content Swipe for next article 1. All 2. News 3. Sport 4. Culture 5. Lifestyle Virginia families desperate to find ten men missing after hiking in Nepal Copy link Bookmark popover Removed from bookmarks Close popover !Video Player Placeholder Nepal floods: Bus-sized boulder swept away by floodwaters Ten men from Northern Virginia are missing near the Nepal-China border following catastrophic flash floods and a landslide near Mount Kailash. The regional disaster, triggered by a glacial collapse, has resulted in over 390 deaths and left more than 1,400 people missing. Roughly 90 U.S. citizens are currently unaccounted for, though President Donald Trump noted 50 to 60 Americans were believed to be in the region. Family members of the missing trekkers are actively contacting embassies and federal lawmakers, including Sen. Tim Kaine and Rep. Suhas Subramanyam, to aid search efforts. While rescue operations continue, the U.S. State Department reported that three American citizens have been successfully rescued and no U.S. fatalities have been confirmed. In full * Group of hikers from Virginia among those still missing in Nepal after deadly floods More bulletins Thank you for registering Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in

When Ram Budha left his younger brother Praveen at their workplace in Rasuwa on Tuesday and returned to Kathmandu, neither imagined it would be their last meeting. The following day, a devastating flood swept through the Bhotekoshi river system. Twenty-year-old Praveen, who worked at the Upper Trishuli-1 hydropower project in Hakubesi, disappeared. Since then, Ram has been searching. He travelled from Kathmandu to Hakubesi and tried to enter the hydropower project’s tunnel, hoping his brother might be trapped inside. But mud had piled up to his chest, forcing him to turn back. “I stood there and shouted my brother’s name, hoping he would answer,” Ram said. “I waited for a while, but there was no response. We have no idea what the situation is inside the tunnel.” The brothers are from Patarasi Rural Municipality in Jumla. Their parents remain at home, waiting for news. “I have been telling them that the search is continuing,” Ram said. “But what answer will I give my parents now?” Praveen had recently completed Grade 12 and was preparing to go abroad for work. Ram had brought him to Rasuwa so he could earn some money while waiting for his departure. “He was hardworking and listened to me,” Ram said. “I never imagined a day like this would come. I keep thinking that perhaps I should have left him in Kathmandu.” Ram is one of thousands of relatives now scattered across Nepal, searching for family members who disappeared after last Wednesday’s Bhotekoshi flood. They have travelled from remote villages in Karnali, Sudurpashchim, Madhesh and other provinces to Rasuwa, Nuwakot, Chitwan, Nawalpur, Tanahun and Pokhara. Some move from one hospital morgue to another. Others visit rescue centres, police stations and military camps. Many carry photographs of the missing in their pockets. They do not know whether their relatives were swept downstream, buried under debris or remain trapped somewhere in the disaster zone. By Sunday evening, authorities had recovered 788 bodies, while 2,502 people remained unaccounted for, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority. Among those missing are 933 workers, engineers and employees at hydropower projects. Authorities also say 592 foreign nationals and 127 Nepalis travelling with foreign tourists remain out of contact. For families, the uncertainty has become its own form of torment. Some have divided themselves among different districts to search simultaneously. Others have posted appeals on social media or sought help from local representatives. Those without money, mobility or access to the internet often have little choice but to wait at home. Sarita Chaudhary of Tulsipur in Dang travelled to Pokhara searching for her husband Sunil, a mason working at a hydropower project in Timure, Rasuwa. She had spoken to him on the phone until 5pm the day before the flood. “He told me the work was difficult and that he was afraid of the rivers and streams,” she said, wiping away tears. “I told him I could send money for the fare and asked him to come home.” Sunil refused. “He told me to focus on my treatment, buy clothes for the children and said he would come home for Dashain,” she said. “The next afternoon, we heard that the flood had swept everything away.” Their 16-year-old son and 10-year-old daughter now repeatedly ask where their father is. “If he is not found, the government must at least provide compensation and help protect and educate our children,” Sarita said. In Pokhara, families from Tulsipur formed a 40-member team led by local ward chair Mohan Paudel to search for 18 residents believed to have disappeared when a hydropower project in Timure was swept away. After failing to identify anyone in Chitwan, the group travelled to Pokhara. At Pokhara Academy of Health Sciences, they examined photographs of unidentified bodies one by one. A display showed details including clothing, height and physical features. For relatives, each image brought another moment of dread. After examining photographs of all 102 bodies, they found none of the missing residents from Tulsipur. “None of them was from Tulsipur,” Paudel said. Kaski Police say around 1,000 people a day have been arriving in Pokhara searching for missing relatives. A mother searches for her son Sixty-year-old Birsimaya travelled from Rautahat to Bharatpur on Sunday in search of her son Sher Bahadur Majhi, who had been working near the Rasuwa customs office before the flood. The family learned of his disappearance late. “We heard that bodies had been brought here, so I came,” she said. Her husband is elderly. Sher Bahadur’s brothers and wife are abroad, leaving Birsimaya and other relatives to search. At a local chamber of commerce building in Chitwan, photographs of unidentified bodies are displayed on a large screen. Birsimaya sat with her daughter-in-law and a neighbour, studying the images. Her son’s face was not among them. She has heard that bodies have also been taken to hospitals in Gaindakot and Pokhara. She says she will continue searching. “I still believe my son is alive,” she said. Her hope persists despite previous tragedy. One of her other sons, who had gone abroad for employment, has already died. “As I grow older, I seem to receive more and more bad news,” she said. For some families, the search has exhausted both their money and strength. Karinga Tharu of Kohalpur in Banke has spent days in Bharatpur searching for his brother Asharam and Asharam’s son Prithvi Narayan, who were working at a hydropower project in Nuwakot. Three men from their village who worked at the same site were found dead in Bharatpur. Karinga hoped his relatives might also be found there. After two days without any information, he decided to return home. “I don't know where else to search,” he said. Searching for a brother, searching for a son Navaraj Lama travelled from Nuwakot to Chitwan, Gaindakot and Pokhara looking for his 42-year-old younger brother Rameshwar. He arrived in Nuwakot on Thursday night. There was no sign of his brother. In Chitwan, he examined photographs of bodies. In Gaindakot, he visited the municipal hospital. Then he travelled overnight to Pokhara. By Sunday, exhausted, he returned home. “What do I tell my sister-in-law?” he asked. “How many places are we supposed to visit to search for one missing person? It would be easier for families like ours if bodies were kept in one place.” The day before the flood, Navaraj and his brother had spoken on a video call. “He told me he had eaten and was about to sleep,” Navaraj said, breaking down. “It has been five days. There is neither a breath of life nor a body.” Rameshwar, a driver, had travelled towards the Rasuwagadhi border with a vehicle to collect goods the day before the flood. Om Bahadur Karki of Thaha Municipality is living through the same uncertainty. His son Prashant, also a driver transporting goods towards Rasuwagadhi, disappeared after the flood. Karki rushed to Nuwakot and then travelled from hospital to hospital. “I went not only to Bharatpur but also to Madhyabindu Provincial Hospital in Nawalpur to look at the bodies,” he said. “When I couldn't find him anywhere, I returned home in despair.” According to the Makwanpur District Administration Office, 65 people from the district remain missing after the flood. From Karnali to Rasuwa For many families, the disaster has drawn people hundreds of kilometres from Nepal’s poorest and most remote districts. Menwalal Budhathoki left his home in Salyan after receiving a desperate call from his younger brother Girilal, who ran a business with his family in Timure. “My brother called and said, ‘Brother, I have lost everything. The flood seriously injured me and swept away my wife and children,’” Menwalal recalled. He immediately left home. Girilal was taken to Kathmandu for treatment, and Menwalal found him in hospital. But his search for Girilal’s wife Sunita and children Nirmala, Keshav and Nirajan has continued. “I saw security personnel rescuing people alive and taking them to hospitals, so I went from one hospital to another,” he said. “I couldn’t find them anywhere.” He later received information that Sunita’s body may have been found in Rasuwa, but the family has yet to confirm it. Arjun Rana, also from Salyan, has travelled through Chitwan, Damau­li and Pokhara searching for his 60-year-old father Durga Bahadur Rana, who had gone to Timure only last month to work as a labourer. “I have no idea where my father is or what condition he is in,” Arjun said. “We have not received any reliable information. It has been five days, and I haven't been able to sleep properly.” Local representatives have also joined the searches. Durga Bahadur Pun, chair of Kapurkot Rural Municipality in Salyan, travelled towards Kathmandu with relatives of missing residents. “People from our municipality went there for work and have disappeared,” he said. “We will continue searching until we know whether they are alive or dead. Searching for our citizens is also the responsibility of the local government.” ‘The phone went dead while we were talking’ For Priyanka Gadariya, the disaster began with a phone call that suddenly ended. Her husband Ashish, 23, was stationed at a police post in Mailung, Rasuwa. “We were talking on the phone at around 8:30 in the morning when the call suddenly disconnected,” she said. “He never called back, and when I tried, his phone was unreachable.” Half an hour later, she learned of the flood. “I felt as if I had fallen off a cliff,” she said. “It has been five days, and we have received no information.” Ashish had joined the Nepal Police only 17 months earlier. After completing nine months of training, Mailung was his first posting. His family travelled to a hospital in Kapilvastu after hearing that bodies swept downstream had been brought there. Ashish was not among them. His parents are unable to travel widely to search. “He is our only son,” his father Khedu said. “We raised him by raising sheep. Now all we can do is pray that he returns safely.” Authorities say 45 members of the Nepali Army, 25 Nepal Police personnel and 12 Armed Police Force personnel remain missing. Employees of customs, immigration, Langtang National Park and other government offices are also among the unaccounted for. Carrying photographs from hospital to hospital Humnath Neupane has spent three days at the body identification room of Lumbini Provincial Hospital. In his shirt pocket is a photograph of his relative Prakash Devkota, about 28, who worked as a customs agent in Rasuwa and has been missing since the flood. Neupane printed the photograph from Facebook and carries it wherever he goes. At the hospital, he repeatedly shows it to police officers. “Please look carefully. Does this face match anyone?” he asks. Prakash was in contact with his family until the morning of the flood. Nothing has been heard since. “We still hope he may have been rescued and is somewhere alive,” Neupane said. “But rumours that unidentified bodies may soon be disposed of have made us even more anxious.” Elsewhere, the search itself has pushed families into debt. Tilak Gharti Magar of Banke borrowed Rs30,000 to travel in search of his 28-year-old daughter Janaki, who had been working at a hotel in Rasuwa for about six weeks. “My heart would not allow me to stay home after my daughter disappeared,” he said. Janaki had been preparing to go abroad for work, but according to her father, a broker took the money she had paid for the process. She went to Rasuwa to work and repay the debt. Now she is missing. Tilak travelled to Chitwan and submitted her name and photograph to authorities. With roads blocked and fears of further flooding, relatives have advised him to return home. “I may have no choice but to go back,” he said. But for families like his, returning home does not mean giving up. Across morgues, hospitals and rescue centres, the same hope remains. As Navaraj Lama put it after days of searching for his younger brother: “Until we find either a breath or a body, hope does not die.” Deepak Pariyar is the Kaski correspondent for Kantipur Publications. Ramesh Kumar Paudel is the Chitwan correspondent for Kantipur Publications. Pratap Bista is the Bagmati Province Bureau Chief for Kantipur Publications. Manoj Paudel is the Kapilvastu correspondent for Kantipur Publications. Ghanashyam Gautam is the Butwal correspondent for Kantipur Media Group. Rupa Gahatraj is the Banke correspondent for Kantipur Publications.

The Nepal-Tibet border disaster has turned into a desperate search for missing people. Among those still unreachable is Lax Gopisetty, chief of Infosys Public Services, who was visiting Nepal in a personal capacity, reports have said. Infosys said it is working with authorities to establish contact with him and is supporting his family. Why so many people are still missing The scale of the disaster is unusually large. The Ministry of External Affairs said 320 Indian nationals remained missing or uncontactable, while around 400 others were stranded on the Chinese side of the border. The wider disaster has left thousands missing across Nepal and Tibet. The floods struck with extraordinary speed after an ice-and-rock avalanche in the Himalayan region sent a huge surge of water, mud and debris downstream. Roads, bridges and settlements were swept away, making ordinary communication and travel extremely difficult. What happened to Lax Gopisetty Lax Gopisetty Missing In Nepal Gopisetty's disappearance has drawn attention because of his senior position at Infosys. According to the company's statement, he was travelling privately and was not on an official work trip. Infosys said, "Our immediate priority is to ensure his safety and well-being." The company is working with relevant agencies to gather information and establish contact, while remaining in touch with his family. At this stage, there is no confirmed information about where Gopisetty is or what happened to him. That distinction matters. Being unreachable does not by itself confirm that someone has died. How are missing people being found? Rescue teams are relying on helicopters, boats, drones, hospitals, shelters and local search teams. Damaged roads and unstable terrain have slowed the operation, while some people are being moved from isolated areas to safer locations. More than 3,700 people had been rescued in Nepal by Friday, according to AP. There have also been remarkable reunions. Eight-year-old Zoyal Ghale survived by fleeing into a forest and climbing trees as the flood arrived. Injured and separated from his family, he was later taken to a hospital. A Reuters journalist who had encountered him helped connect him with his mother, who had feared her sons were dead. Why every missing-person update matters For families, a missing person's name is not simply another number on a government list. It can mean days of unanswered calls, hospitals being checked one after another and waiting for even a small piece of information. There has been some movement. The MEA said 153 Indians stranded on the Chinese side had safely crossed into Nepal, while 21 Indians rescued from flood-hit areas reached New Delhi after travelling through Kathmandu. The search for Gopisetty continues alongside hundreds of other searches. For now, the most important fact remains simple: he has been reported unreachable, not confirmed dead. Disclaimer: This article is based on information available as of August 29, 2026. Missing-person figures and rescue updates may change as authorities verify information and continue search operations.

TRISHULI BAZAAR (NUWAKOT): A black-and-white dog, its collar still intact, has refused to leave the site of a row of four homes washed away in last week's flood in Trishuli Bazaar, remaining in the same muddy patch even as half a dozen JCBs and rescue workers clear timber, silt and debris around him. He barely reacts to strangers, does not wag his tail at all and keeps returning to what used to be the front entrance of one of the houses. Volunteer relief worker Bikram Thapa told TOI that workers initially tried offering biscuits and calling him by common pet names. “We’ve tried coaxing him with biscuits and calling him by all sorts of pet names, but he doesn't even turn his head. His collar is intact,” he said. “He won't leave this place.” Sunil Tamang, who has been working on debris clearance, said even the roar of heavy machinery operating only metres away failed to move the dog. “In the middle of all the heavy JCB engines and clearing operations, he just sits in that muddy pool,” Tamang told TOI. “Not a single wag of his tail. He refuses to cross the boundary of where his yard used to end.” Tamang said the dog showed no panic even when excavators moved close to the spot. He would occasionally lift his head at the sound of an approaching vehicle or people moving through the debris, but then settle back in the same place once they passed. The dog’s home, like the rest of the small neighbourhood around it, no longer exists. The flood washed away the row of houses and erased familiar boundaries, leaving only mud, debris and scattered remains of structures. Nobody working at the site could identify his owners or say which of the four homes he belonged to, but his repeated return to the same former doorway and refusal to move beyond what used to be the yard suggested this had been his territory. Community animal rescue volunteer Rita Gurung said workers eventually stopped trying to make him leave and instead began placing dry food and water nearby. “We keep leaving dry rations near him every few hours,” Gurung told TOI. “He only takes a bite when the road is quiet.” Displaced resident Maya Adhikari said most dogs in the area moved towards higher ground when the flood struck, but this one stayed around the destroyed houses. “This was his territory, his family's courtyard,” she said. Local shopkeeper Dinesh Basyal said residents who had themselves lost homes had begun watching out for him. “We lost our homes, but we understand what happened,” Basyal said. “He doesn't understand why everyone disappeared — he just knows he isn't supposed to leave until they return.”

Democracy Dies in Darkness By Amy B Wang , Liam Bowman and Violet Jira Venus Rajnikant Patel, a 45-year-old software engineer from Cincinnati, awoke on Aug. 26 from a restful night’s sleep eager to share in a family group chat the breathtaking scenery surrounding him on his trip to Nepal. What readers are saying The comments express sympathy and condolences for those affected by a tragic disaster, with some discussing the U.S. government's response and the potential for Temporary Protected Status for Nepalese and Tibetans. There are mentions of climate change as a contributing factor,... Show more This summary is AI-generated. AI can make mistakes and this summary is not a replacement for reading the comments. Comments 69 Most Read Dan Lamothe , Noah Robertson and Alex Horton Army secretary submits resignation to Trump after repeated clashes with Hegseth Earlier today ColumnMichael J. Coren What it’s like to drive a car that runs on sunshine 1 hour ago Dan Morse Airman’s ‘contemptuous’ words for Trump lead to high-stakes military charges August 31, 2026 Justin Jouvenal , Dan Diamond and Julian Mark Supreme Court clears way for White House ballroom construction to continue August 31, 2026 Cheyenne Buckingham New study reveals a major perk of being single August 31, 2026 ColumnMikkael Sekeres, MD I’m an oncologist. Every man should know this about prostate cancer. August 31, 2026 View 3 more storiesView 3 more stories 5.61.6 !pixel Already have an account? Sign in FALL SALE Two ways to read this article: Create an account Free Access this article SALE Subscribe £1every four weeks for the first year Unlimited access to all articles * 24/7 live news updates Subscribe

Hasta el 31 de agosto, China y Nepal habían reportado un total combinado de más de 900 muertos y casi 5.000 desaparecidos a causa de las devastadoras inundaciones repentinas del 26 de agosto. Muchas familias nepalíes están desesperadas tras perder el contacto con sus seres queridos, entre ellos decenas de policías, soldados y empleados gubernamentales que estaban de servicio en el distrito de Rasuwa, una de las zonas más afectadas por el desastre. La llamada se interrumpió y el dolor de la esposa... Priyanka Gadariya perdió el contacto con su esposo, Ashish (23 años), un oficial de policía que estaba de servicio en Mailung, Rasuwa, a las 8:30 de la mañana del 26 de agosto. "Estábamos hablando por teléfono alrededor de las 8:30 de la mañana cuando se cortó la llamada. No volvió a llamar. Intenté llamar de nuevo, pero no pude comunicarme", declaró la Sra. Gadariya al Kathmandu Post. Media hora después, se enteró de la inundación. "Siento que acabo de caer en un abismo. Han pasado cinco días y no hemos recibido ninguna información", dijo con la voz quebrada por la emoción. Ashish se unió a la policía nepalí hace 17 meses. Tras nueve meses de formación, Mailung es su primer destino. Su familia acudió a un hospital en Kapilvastu para buscarlo tras enterarse de que muchos cuerpos arrastrados por las inundaciones habían sido trasladados allí. Sin embargo, aún no lo han encontrado. Llevar fotos al hospital, pedir dinero prestado para encontrar a los familiares. En el Hospital Provincial de Lumbini, Humnath Neupane pasó tres días buscando a su pariente, Prakash Devkota (28 años), un funcionario de aduanas en Rasuwa. En repetidas ocasiones mostró las fotos a la policía y preguntó: "Por favor, miren con atención, ¿les suena este rostro a alguien que conozcan?". El señor Neupane aún conserva la esperanza de que Devkota esté vivo y recibiendo tratamiento en algún lugar. Sin embargo, los rumores de que los cuerpos no identificados podrían ser procesados pronto están causando gran ansiedad a la familia. La búsqueda de familiares desaparecidos tras las inundaciones repentinas ha sumido a muchas familias de Nepal en deudas. Tilak Gharti Magar tuvo que pedir prestadas 30.000 rupias nepalíes (aproximadamente 5,1 millones de VND) para buscar a su hija Janaki, de 28 años, empleada de un hotel en Rasuwa. Janaki tenía previsto trabajar en el extranjero, pero un intermediario la estafó y le robó el dinero que había pagado por el trámite de emigración. Entonces se fue a Rasuwa a trabajar y ganar dinero para saldar sus deudas. Debido a las carreteras bloqueadas y a la preocupación por el riesgo de nuevas inundaciones, los familiares aconsejaron al Sr. Magar que regresara a casa. En medio de morgues, hospitales y centros de rescate, las familias aún no han perdido la esperanza. Navaraj Lama, que lleva días buscando a su hermano menor, dijo: "Mientras no encontremos ni rastro de él, la esperanza no ha muerto". Fuente: https://tuoitre.vn/sau-lu-quet-o-nepal-vo-ngong-tin-chong-cha-vay-no-di-tim-con-gai-100260831185532854.htm

Northern Virginia man and his travel group missing after massive flash flood in Nepal ARLINGTON, Va. (7News) — The son of a Centreville, Virginia, man who went missing after a landslide and massive flash flood in Nepal is pleading with the U.S. Government to commit resources overseas to find him and his travel group. Anurag Goel says his father was ecstatic to be returning to a region that felt like home. He'd planned a multi-day trip to go hiking on Mount Kailash near the border of China and Nepal. “It is in a way, for many and for himself, a pilgrimage as much as it is like a hiking and trekking excursion, Goel said. Anil fell in love with hiking years ago. First practicing in Shenandoah National Park and eventually taking his wife to Mount Everest in 2015. "He kind of realized this is his favorite place in the world," he said. "His passion then became to bring everyone near and dear to him to experience that with him." Anil documented his trips on his YouTube page, hoping to help others experience that region the way he did. In this recent trek, Anil went with 8 other Americans and a Canadian-national. The day before the disaster, he'd sent his family an update with a picture -- just west of where the landslide would hit. On Wednesday, his family received word of the devastation. “We were able to pinpoint his location and time based on two pieces of information. One was Find My iPhone," Goel said. Officials with the Nepalese government were able to give Anurag another crucial piece of information: A timestamp. Anil went through customs at the border around 8:35 a.m. Wednesday. The landslide happened just before 9:15 a.m. Anurag says that would've given him about 45 minutes to cross the border and get to higher ground on foot. "From my perspective, just from what I've researched, may not be sufficient," he said. Anurag said he and his family have been in contact with the families of others in Anil’s group. No one has heard from their loved one. “We are asking the U.S. government to use every available diplomatic, search and rescue, and technical resource available in coordination with Nepal and China, while there is still an opportunity to locate survivors. Time is of essence," he said. In the meantime, Anurag says his family is taking things day by day. "Faith has always been really important for my family, and especially my dad," Goel said. "And just remembering that about him is enabling myself and my family to remain hopeful at the very least,