Nepal’s Flash Floods Death Toll Rises to 1,385
Rescuers are using drones and special search teams as 5,130 people remain missing, including 587 foreigners, authorities said.
- A tsunami-like surge originating at the China-Nepal border on August 26 has killed 1,377 people with 5,130 missing in Nepal, including 587 foreigners, while China reports 43 dead and 519 missing; 35 Australians remain unaccounted for.
- The deadly flooding was triggered by a glacial mountain collapse two weeks prior, with climate change accelerating glacial melt worldwide and increasing such disaster risk, though the exact cause of the collapse remains unclear.
- Rescue teams extracted three people from hydropower tunnels—two Nepalis on Friday and a Chinese man on Saturday—though no further survivors have been confirmed; Nepal Army spokesman Raja Ram Basnet reported ongoing search operations at Trishuli 3A, 3B and Chilime projects.
- Authorities appealed Wednesday for overseas families to submit DNA samples to identify missing persons, while Save the Children reported 540 children separated from parents in relief camps; Nepal Police spokesman Abi Narayan Kafle said authorities have "become more vigilant" and started "providing psychosocial counselling in different camps."
- As families begin burying the dead, Australia's Disaster Assistance and Response Team has conducted mapping and thermal searches for missing nationals, while Nepal estimates reconstruction will require billions of dollars despite contributing minimally to global greenhouse gas emissions.
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Mudslide death toll in Nepal rises to 1,385: disaster relief authorities
The death toll in Nepal from devastating flash floods and landslides along the border with China on August 26 has risen to 1,385, according to disaster relief authorities in Nepal on Friday.Another 5,130 people were still unaccounted for as of 11 a.m.
Among missing, 848 were foreigners, including 587 in Nepal and 261 in Tibet
Nepal flash floods death toll rises to 1,385; 5,000 missing - The Tribune
The death toll in Nepal due to the flash floods rose to 1,385 on Friday as more bodies were recovered from the affected districts, while search and rescue operations continue for more than 5,000 missing people. The flash floods, triggered by an ice-rock avalanche near the Nepal-Tibet border on August 26, devastated towns and villages […]
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