{"id":6414,"date":"2026-09-05T10:38:59","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T10:38:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/riyasatnamanews.in\/index.php\/2026\/09\/05\/nepal-flash-floods-death-toll-soars-to-1344\/"},"modified":"2026-09-05T10:38:59","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T10:38:59","slug":"nepal-flash-floods-death-toll-soars-to-1344","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/riyasatnamanews.in\/index.php\/2026\/09\/05\/nepal-flash-floods-death-toll-soars-to-1344\/","title":{"rendered":"Nepal Flash Floods: Death Toll Soars to 1,344; 4,900 Missing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The death toll from Nepal\u2019s flash floods surged to <strong>1,344<\/strong> on Saturday, with rescue teams finding more bodies amid a desperate search for the <strong>4,898<\/strong> individuals still missing. This disaster has devastated multiple districts, prompting national and international response efforts.<\/p>\n<p>Officials from Nepal\u2019s National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority reported that over <strong>13,000<\/strong> individuals have been rescued from the affected areas. The floods were triggered by an ice-rock avalanche near the Nepal-Tibet border on <strong>August 26<\/strong>, releasing massive volumes of water into the Bhotekoshi River, devastating downstream communities.<\/p>\n<p>The floodwaters obliterated homes, swept away vehicles, and damaged vital infrastructure, including roads and bridges, while severely impacting hydropower projects throughout northern and central Nepal.<\/p>\n<p>Among the deceased, authorities confirmed that <strong>758<\/strong> were adults and <strong>85<\/strong> were children. The state of many bodies was compromised due to prolonged exposure to water and debris. Authorities reported that <strong>1,030<\/strong> bodies have been laid to rest temporarily after procedures such as DNA collection.<\/p>\n<p>The Chitwan district has witnessed the highest fatalities, with approximately <strong>360<\/strong> bodies found. Recovery teams have also located bodies in Rasuwa, Nuwakot, Dhading, Gorkha, Tanahun, Nawalparasi East, and Nawalparasi West.<\/p>\n<p>Tragically, among those missing are more than <strong>600<\/strong> children from Rasuwa and Nuwakot. As authorities continue to monitor water levels in major rivers, including the Koshi and Narayani, search efforts remain urgent.<\/p>\n<p>For the eleventh consecutive day, joint rescue teams led by the Nepal Army are engaged in intensive search operations. The focus remains on hydropower projects where countless workers are believed trapped within tunnels.<\/p>\n<p>Assistance from experts from India and China bolsters Nepal\u2019s rescue operations. On Friday, two workers were successfully rescued from the Trishuli 3A hydropower project tunnel. They are identified as Kabir Maharjan, a 45-year-old mechanical supervisor, and 30-year-old foreman Sanjay Sah.<\/p>\n<p>A unique collaboration has emerged as an Indian rescue team has worked alongside the Nepal Army to create a temporary track within the Rasuwa district\u2019s Chilime tunnel, allowing heavy rescue equipment to access critical areas.<\/p>\n<p>The disaster has not only impacted Nepal; it has also claimed at least <strong>21<\/strong> lives on the Chinese side of the border, with over <strong>500<\/strong> people reported missing in Tibet, according to media reports.<\/p>\n<p>As search efforts continue, authorities persist in their endeavor to locate missing individuals, recover bodies, and evaluate rising river conditions in some of the worst-hit locations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The death toll from Nepal\u2019s devastating flash floods has risen to 1,344, with nearly 4,900 people still unaccounted for as search efforts continue amid rising river levels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6413,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[91],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6414","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-international"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Nepal Flash Floods: Death Toll Soars to 1,344; 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