
Nepal Flash Flood Death Toll Exceeds 1,100 as Recovery and Memorials Begin
One week after a catastrophic flash flood devastated parts of Nepal, the death toll has risen past 1,100 as rescue operations transition to body recovery and public memorials. The tragedy has drawn international attention to Himalayan climate vulnerabilities while prompting relief drives for missing foreign nationals.
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'The search was over': A family's four-day quest for a son lost in Nepal's floods - Reuters
'The search was over': A family's four-day quest for a son lost in Nepal's floods Reuters
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A week on from the flash flooding disaster, authorities are urging relatives of the thousands of missing and dead to provide blood samples An army official calls out a name. A young woman stands, two pieces of identification in her hands. She fills out a form, takes another and moves to the back of the hospital to give a vial of blood. With so many people killed by Nepal’s floods, and hundreds of bodies being buried because the morgues are full, there is now a push to identify victims throug...
By Cait Kelly in Kathmandu
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By Zach Hope, Bishal Karki
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Nepali families were holding symbolic funeral ceremonies to "liberate the souls" of loved ones missing since deadly flash floods swept away their villages and homes in the Himalayan region a week ago.
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After days of searching shelters and mortuaries, relatives of some of the missing lost hope and began conducting last rites without the bodies.
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At least 1,050 people have been killed and nearly 4,000 remain unaccounted for, with officials fearing many are buried under debris left by the floods that tore through towns and valleys near the Chinese border
By Reuters
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