Nepal Floods Among 'Most Challenging' Disasters: WFP
The agency is using cargo drones and helicopters as more than 6,500 people remain missing across Nepal and China, officials said.
- A glacial collapse triggered deadly floods at the Nepal-China border last month, killing at least 1,386 people in Nepal and 43 in China, with 5,130 reported missing on the Nepal side and 519 in China.
- The flood deposited 2.2 million tons of debris across valleys, destroying the Gyirong Port immigration post and devastating infrastructure that has hampered search and rescue operations.
- Among the missing are 33-year-old Arushi Gupta, an Indian consultant, and 42-year-old Elena, a Ukrainian on a spiritual retreat; 46 other Ukrainians remain missing from the pilgrimage group.
- Families formed a WhatsApp group with about 200 members to share information, while Vladyslava Horlova, 22, whose mother Elena is missing, stated, "They haven't been confirmed dead," as relatives contact embassies across multiple countries.
- Despite the devastation, 63-year-old Ajay Gupta, Arushi Gupta's father, remains convinced his daughter reached safety on the Tibet side of the border, as families continue scanning hospital lists and contacting authorities for news.
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The number of people killed in Nepal's floods on August 26 rose to 1,410, with 6,145 people still missing.
Nepal floods among 'most challenging' disasters: WFP
The catastrophic August 26 flood was triggered by a Himalayan glacial mountain collapse on the China-Nepal border, that scientists have linked to climate change. The tsunmai-like floodwaters tore through mountain districts, destroying roads, bridges and hydropower dams, and killed at least 1,446 people. More than 6,500 remain missing across both countries. Riaz Lodhi, head of the UN's World Food Programme (WFP) in Nepal, told AFP that it was amo…
Nepalese authorities are increasing the number of persons reported missing after the collapse of a glacier and the floods at the border with China at the end of August
The number of missing persons resulting from the massive floods in Nepal last month increased by nearly 1,000 in a single day, pushing the total death toll in Nepal and China past 8,000. The private climate research institute 'Global Meteorological Institute' repeatedly emphasized that this disaster was caused by the collapse of glaciers triggered by climate change. (AFP, 17)
Three weeks after the flood disaster, 1403 fatalities continue to be counted in Nepal – with thousands of missing persons still likely to increase significantly
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