Nepal's devastating flash floods have claimed 475 lives, overwhelming morgues and prompting authorities to use dry ice, QR codes, and repurposed buildings for body storage.
QR codes are being used for identification
Aug 28, 2026
04:43 pm
What's the storyThe recent flash floods in Nepal have left at least 547 people dead and overwhelmed morgues across several districts.
The floods, which hit Bhotekoshi on Wednesday, have washed bodies downstream from Rasuwa and Nuwakot to as far as Chitwan, Tanahun, Gorkha and Nawalparasi.
Nepal is facing a grim challenge after the devastating Bhotekoshi floods, with bodies being recovered across several districts…
With morgues running out of capacity, authorities have transferred bodies to neighbouring districts. | World News
Morgues on the 200km Bhote Koshi-Trishuli-Narayani river trail in central and southern Nepal are at capacity and overflowing as…
Nepal will begin burying unidentified flood victims to prevent health risks, with plans to identify them later as remains…
Kathmandu: Nepal authorities have decided to bury 229 unidentified and unclaimed bodies recovered in southern Chitwan district…
The devastating flash floods in the Himalayan region swept so many people downstream that authorities in one Nepalese district…
Nepal floods: Morgues overflow with bodies, authorities turn to dry ice, electric crematorium
Nepal finds ways out as morgues overflow after flood devastation: Dry ice, abandoned buildings, QR codes
Nepal floods: Morgues overflow along 200km river trail as grief crosses border
Nepal to bury unidentified bodies recovered after flash floods
In one Nepal district, flood catastrophe is measured in bodies and burial trenches
Grisly search for missing as Nepal morgues overflow, burials begin
Nepal begins mass burial of unidentified flood victims; India sends forensic experts
Nepal begins burials as flood death toll rises to 752
Nepal flash floods LIVE: Death toll reaches 788; rescuers drill through debris towards trapped tunnel workers
Nepal flash floods LIVE: Death toll reaches 781; rescuers drill through debris towards trapped tunnel workers
