In pictures: Heartbreaking scenes after deadly flash floods in Nepal

In pictures: Heartbreaking scenes after deadly flash floods in Nepal.

Key points

• Foreigners missing among the list, from more than 30 nations, include 583 in Nepal and 261 in China.
• In Nepal, aid needs are enormous; roads and dozens of bridges have been smashed, and power plants destroyed.

In pictures: Heartbreaking scenes after deadly flash floods in Nepal. ReutersAFP Published September 1, 2026 Updated September 1, 2026 01: 11pm. Join our Whatsapp Channel. Add Dawn as a trusted source.

While the number of missing residents was 3, 916 on Tuesday as rescue efforts entered the seventh day, a terrifying flood tore through the Nepal-China Tibet border region last week, killing more than 1, 000 individuals.

For context, a glacier collapse unleashed a massive torrent of rock, ice, mud and debris through Himalayan mountain river systems, burying buildings and triggering a frantic search for survivors.

Almost 4, 500 residents remain missing, and Nepali rescue teams are digging, drilling and blasting through debris in a race against time in treacherous conditions to free scores of hydropower workers believed trapped in multiple tunnels.

In Nepal, aid needs are enormous; roads and dozens of bridges have been smashed, and power plants destroyed. Entire communities have been swept away, leaving families homeless and using makeshift shelters as heavy rain lashes down.

Header image: An elderly survivor is transported to a safer place in heavy machinery after a flash flood and mudslide at Trishuli in Nuwakot district, Nepal, on August 26. – Reuters.

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