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Nepal’s devastating flash floods have killed at least 1,282 people and left nearly 4,800 missing, including around 600 children, as authorities put the damage to property, homes and infrastructure at an estimated $2.56 billion.
The death toll rose after two people died while undergoing treatment at hospitals in Kathmandu, Nepal Police said on Friday. The Nepal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority has estimated the cost of early recovery at around $52.61 million.
The flash floods, triggered by an ice-rock avalanche near the Nepal-Tibet border on August 26, swept through towns and villages in northern and central Nepal, causing widespread destruction.
Security forces are searching for 4,798 people reported missing from different areas. Bodies have been recovered across several districts, including 359 in Chitwan, 218 in Nawalparasi East, 208 in Nawalparasi West, 185 in Nuwakot and 140 in Rasuwa.
The disaster has also left hundreds of children unaccounted for in Rasuwa and Nuwakot. Preliminary figures indicate around 280 children are missing in Rasuwa, while between 300 and 350 are unaccounted for in neighbouring Nuwakot, according to data compiled by local education authorities and schools.
“In some cases, we have located surviving parents who cannot find their children, while in other instances, surviving students are searching for missing parents,” PTI quoted Nuwakot school inspector Navaraj Sapkota as saying.
In Nuwakot’s Bidur Municipality alone, around 250 children are reported missing. Authorities said the figures are still being verified because communications remain disrupted.
At least 22 teachers and school staff are also missing across Rasuwa and Nuwakot, while several teachers from Dhading and Gorkha who had travelled to Rasuwa for pilgrimage remain unaccounted for.
The floods affected 22 schools across Rasuwa, Nuwakot and Dhading, with 12 completely destroyed, according to Nepal’s Education Ministry data.
Miraculously, two men were also found alive inside a tunnel at the Trishuli 3A hydropower project, 10 days after the disaster. Mechanical supervisor Kabir Maharjan, 45, and foreman Sanjay Sah, 30, were rescued after security personnel heard voices from inside.
The death toll rose after two people died while undergoing treatment at hospitals in Kathmandu, Nepal Police said on Friday. The Nepal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority has estimated the cost of early recovery at around $52.61 million.
The flash floods, triggered by an ice-rock avalanche near the Nepal-Tibet border on August 26, swept through towns and villages in northern and central Nepal, causing widespread destruction.
Security forces are searching for 4,798 people reported missing from different areas. Bodies have been recovered across several districts, including 359 in Chitwan, 218 in Nawalparasi East, 208 in Nawalparasi West, 185 in Nuwakot and 140 in Rasuwa.
The disaster has also left hundreds of children unaccounted for in Rasuwa and Nuwakot. Preliminary figures indicate around 280 children are missing in Rasuwa, while between 300 and 350 are unaccounted for in neighbouring Nuwakot, according to data compiled by local education authorities and schools.
“In some cases, we have located surviving parents who cannot find their children, while in other instances, surviving students are searching for missing parents,” PTI quoted Nuwakot school inspector Navaraj Sapkota as saying.
In Nuwakot’s Bidur Municipality alone, around 250 children are reported missing. Authorities said the figures are still being verified because communications remain disrupted.
At least 22 teachers and school staff are also missing across Rasuwa and Nuwakot, while several teachers from Dhading and Gorkha who had travelled to Rasuwa for pilgrimage remain unaccounted for.
The floods affected 22 schools across Rasuwa, Nuwakot and Dhading, with 12 completely destroyed, according to Nepal’s Education Ministry data.
Miraculously, two men were also found alive inside a tunnel at the Trishuli 3A hydropower project, 10 days after the disaster. Mechanical supervisor Kabir Maharjan, 45, and foreman Sanjay Sah, 30, were rescued after security personnel heard voices from inside.
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