Devastating Flash Floods Kill Over 1,250 in Nepal

Families perform symbolic funerals for missing Nepal flood victims

Families in Nepal are performing symbolic funerals for loved ones still missing a week after the devastating floods.

Canadian families still waiting for answers 1 week after Nepal flood disaster

A Toronto woman whose relative is among the missing, said family members have been left scouring the internet, looking on Nepal police sites and missing identity sites to see if the names of any relatives come up. She's calling for a wider international response to help in rescue efforts as the days tick by with no word on her cousin or the three family members he was travelling with.

Nepal struggles to identify the remains found in floods

The recent flash floods in Nepal have left authorities facing a major challenge: identifying the remains that have been recovered, some of which are in an advanced state of decomposition. For health reasons, unidentified bodies have begun to be buried. Before each burial, DNA samples are taken, while relatives of people reported missing can visit DNA collection centres to provide samples of their own. Their genetic profiles can then be compared with those of the recovered remains, in the hope...

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Australia sending more help to Nepal as death toll rises

Australia is sending more aid to Nepal as the death toll in the disaster zone continues to rise.

How that one blue house in Nepal survived the devastating floods

Death toll rises to 1,252 in Nepal; risks of fresh floods due to incessant rainfall

Death toll rises to 1,252 in Nepal; risks of fresh floods due to incessant rainfall

Under Water And Slush: Inside Nepal's Power Station Devastated By Flood

Nepal Flood: Army personnel have been working relentlessly at Galchi to dig transformers and other equipment out from beneath the thick layers of silt and slush.

Nepal toll rises to 1,252 as rescue operations continue

Catastrophic floods on the China-Nepal border have killed at least 1,252 people in Nepal, the disaster authority has said, taking overall deaths to more than 1,270.

Nepal Floods Aftermath: Toll Nears 1250, More Than 4000 People Still Missing - Moneycontrol.com

Nepal Floods Aftermath: Toll Nears 1250, More Than 4000 People Still Missing  Moneycontrol.com

Families descend on Nepal in search of missing tourists

Nepal must rebuild thousands of homes, no let up in search for missing 

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Nepal floods: Families search for missing tourists after disaster

Families descend on Nepal in search of missing tourists

Families descend on Nepal in search of missing tourists

Desperate families of missing foreigners were clinging to hope as they combed hospitals and morgues in search of clues, a week after catastrophic floods tore through Nepal’s Himalayan border region.

Nepal floods highlight growing threat of unpredictable Himalayan hazards

Scientists investigating Nepal’s deadly Rasuwa district floods have found that a sudden, undetected ice-rock avalanche high in the Himalayas triggered the disaster, exposing the limits of conventional early-warning systems. Read the full article

Nepalis pin hopes on 'wall of the missing' in hunt for relatives after deadly flood

Some pictures are embedded in posters meticulously filled in with details of missing persons, contact numbers

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Nepal flood toll rises to 1,252 as at least 4,216 remain unaccounted for - The Daily Star

Nepal flood toll rises to 1,252 as at least 4,216 remain unaccounted for  The Daily Star

Nepal floods: Return with my anniversary gift, says wife of missing Malaysian firefighter - The Star

Nepal floods: Return with my anniversary gift, says wife of missing Malaysian firefighter  The Star

Families descend on Nepal in search of missing tourists - Dhaka Tribune

Families descend on Nepal in search of missing tourists  Dhaka Tribune

Nepal briefs diplomats on Bhotekoshi flood devastation - The Kathmandu Post

Nepal briefs diplomats on Bhotekoshi flood devastation  The Kathmandu Post

Families comb Nepal hospitals for tourists missing in flood - kuwaittimes.com

Families comb Nepal hospitals for tourists missing in flood  kuwaittimes.com

Nepal flash flood death toll rises to 1,252, over 4,200 missing

Kathmandu: The death toll from the flash floods in Nepal has risen to 1,252, while around 4,216 people remain missing or out of contact, according to the...

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