Death toll nears 400, rescuers search for 1,400 missing after Nepal-Tibet floods

Arunabh Saikia with Paavan Mathema in KathmanduAFP·27 Aug, 2026 05:23 PM4 mins to readWorkers use excavators to clear the mud following flash floods in Trishuli in Nepal's Nuwakot district on August 27, 2026. Photo / Prakash Mathema, AFPRescue teams waded through mud on Thursday searching for more than 1400 people missing after flash floods and landslides struck the Nepal-Tibet border, as the death toll rose again to 392, with entire villages swept away.

Experts warned of the risk of further floods a day after the devastating tsunami-like

Death toll nears 400, rescuers search for 1,400 missing after Nepal-Tibet floods

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