Nepal flash floods LIVE updates: Over 4,400 rescued as Nepal mobilises massive flood relief op., says PM Balen Shah
Rescuers were battling through mud even as the threat of new floods loomed, with emergency teams recovering 586 bodies so far -- and some of the dead swept downstream
T he number of people missing in Nepal and China surpassed 2,400 on Friday (August 28, 2026), underscoring the scale of the disaster days after a tsunami-like wall of water and debris swept away villages and killed hundreds.
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Rescuers were battling through mud even as the threat of new floods loomed, with emergency teams recovering 586 bodies so far -- and some of the dead swept downstream as far away as India. The new figures came as Nepal’s disaster authority added 933 hydropower workers to a missing persons list already including trekkers and pilgrims to Tibet’s sacred Mount Kailash.
The US Geological Survey said the disaster -- the deadliest for Nepal since a 2015 earthquake -- was caused by a glacial collapse that triggered a vast flow of icy debris.