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Nepal cracks down on social media accounts abusing flash flood survivors

One man has been arrested over comments regarding the ethnic identity of flood victims, with a warning such remarks could inflame tensions

The Independent UK

Rescuers in Nepal find two more people alive after flash flood disaster

Chinese man at Trishuli hydropower project and Nepali woman in Nuwakot found 10 days into rescue operation

The Guardian - UK

Nepal floods: Chinese national rescued alive from hydropower tunnel after 10 days

Rescuers in Nepal have pulled a Chinese national alive from a hydropower tunnel. This rescue brings the total to three workers found after devastating floods occurred. A woman was also found alive in Nuwakot town and is being airlifted. Over 900 workers remain missing from 12 hydropower projects across Nepal.…

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Tougher than Everest rescues: Inside Nepal's biggest airlift

Trishuli Bazaar: With roads and bridges severed across Rasuwa and Nuwakot after the Aug 26 Bhote Koshi-Trishuli flood, helicopters became the main rescue lifeline, airlifting more than 4,000 people in hundreds of sorties through a narrow gorge in what officials described as possibly Nepal's biggest such operation.

The Times of India

Nepal floods: No bodies to cremate, kin burn kusha effigies as hopes fade for missing

Families in Nuwakot and Rasuwa performed symbolic cremations for missing flood victims. Relatives used kusha grass effigies when bodies could not be recovered. Searches for missing kin proved unsuccessful across various locations. Priests guided families through traditional rituals for liberating souls. Over one hundred effigies were cremated in Kathmandu's Pashupati…

The Times of India

Nepal Army cable helps Nuwakot flood survivors cross river

Flood survivors in Nuwakot cross the swollen Trishuli River on a temporary cable as soldiers and residents help pull them to safety.

Euronews

Police drone in Nepal spotted a body in buried building, rescuers find 23 more

TRISHULI BAZAAR (NEPAL): A police drone scanning flood-buried buildings in Betrawati village in Nuwakot district near the Rasuwa border spotted what appeared to be a single body inside a three-storey structure surrounded by deep, marsh-like silt. Rescuers improvised a path through the mud, entered the building and found 23 more…

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'1 tick, 2 ticks': Kin seek hope in text-delivery reports in Nepal

TRISHULI BAZAAR (NUWAKOT, NEPAL): For two days after Serbian citizen Enisa Lekovic disappeared in the floods in Nepal, a WhatsApp message sent by her daughter sat on a single grey tick - sent, but not delivered. Then, on Aug 28, the screen changed: the tick had turned into two blue…

The Times of India

‘The flood is on its way’: How 400 Nepal students escaped in time

Morning assembly was about to begin at Bageshwori Higher Secondary School on August 26 when teachers learned that floodwaters were heading towards Baireni.

The Times of India

Teams, equipped with searchlights and drones, walk through mud, silt to search for survivors in tunnels

TRISHULI BAZAAR/DEHRADUN: At least 955 people were dead and 4,471 missing across Nepal and Tibet by Monday evening as rescue teams pushed deeper into mud- and water-filled hydropower tunnels in Rasuwa and Nuwakot and searches continued across the border in Gyirong.

The Times of India

Rebuilt with India aid, flood-erased Nepal school seeks help to rebuild on higher ground

TRISHULI BAZAAR (NUWAKOT, NEPAL): Three warnings came within minutes the day it flooded, an accountant rushed in saying water was gushing in, a teacher relayed a phone call from upstream saying the area had been “swallowed”, and a parent arrived on a scooter to take his daughter away.

The Times of India

537 workers remain missing as Nepal races to reach flood-hit hydropower tunnels

Rescue efforts intensify for hundreds of workers missing in Nepal's flood-hit hydropower projects. Mud and debris are blocking tunnel entrances, hindering access for rescue teams. Nepal has requested specialized assistance from India and China for these complex operations. Indian and Chinese technical teams have arrived to support the ongoing tunnel…

The Economic Times

Nepal floods: Nuwakot Solar Project suffers major damage, Finance Minister says

Flash floods in Nepal have severely damaged major energy infrastructure. A solar plant in Nuwakot was extensively buried under debris and destroyed. Rescue teams are working to find people trapped in hydropower projects. India has provided generous relief supplies and pledged further support. The death toll has risen to 675,…

The Economic Times

Desperate families gather across Nepal in search for missing loved ones as flash flood death toll rises to 750

A rapid deployment team from the UK arrived in Nepal on Saturday to provide support for British nationals and their families

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Evening Standard

UK deploys rapid response team to Nepal to support Britons affected by floods

The safety and welfare of British nationals is the Government’s “top priority”, Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband said.

Evening Standard

Rescue efforts after Nepal flash floods at critical stage, Chinese officials say

More than 30 British nationals are among hundreds of people missing since Wednesday’s disaster.

Evening Standard

Rescuers urged to remain on high alert after dam bursts banks again in Nepal

Flash floods devastated the country on Wednesday, and more than 30 British nationals are unaccounted for.

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Search on for missing Britons in Nepal amid fears of new floods

The UK has offered £5 million to help the Nepalese government.

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Euronews

Catastrophic Nepal floods and landslides in Nuwakot leave hundreds still missing

Communities along Nepal’s Trishuli River face catastrophic damage, hundreds missing and destroyed bridges as helicopters race to evacuate the injured.

Evening Standard

Rescue efforts continue as more than 30 Britons missing after Nepal flash floods

A 13-year-old girl is among the 33 British nationals believed to be missing following the disaster.

The Independent UK

Survivors of Nepal flash floods describe being hit by ‘wall of water’: ‘My wife is still beneath the mud’

Hundreds of people remain missing after sudden flood sweeps through northern parts of Nepal

Newslaundry

Photos show aftermath of flash floods in Nepal

Flash floods in Nepal have killed many people and left hundreds missing, including tourists and workers. The floods swept through communities and halted travel in parts of the Himalayan country.

Newslaundry

More than 1,300 are missing in Nepal and Tibet after catastrophic floods caused by glacial collapse

Rescue teams were searching for hundreds of missing people along the Nepal-China border after a catastrophic and deadly torrent of floods and mud swept through several communities a day earlier following a glacial collapse.

The Times of India

Nepal floods: PM Balen Shah appeals for unity; Bihar, UP on high alert - key points

A massive flash flood in Nepal's Rasuwa district has caused widespread damage and claimed seventeen lives. Over one hundred Indian nationals are reported missing after the sudden surge in the Bhote Koshi River. Many missing individuals are believed to be pilgrims traveling to Tibet for the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra. Rescue…

Dynamite News

Nepal helicopter crash: 5 dead, including four Chinese nationals

Five people died, including four Chinese nationals, after a helicopter crashed in Shivapuri National Park in Nuwakot, Nepal, on Wednesday. Read further on Dynamite News:

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