Update on Indian nationals & India’s rescue and relief efforts in Nepal ⬇️

Number of Indians rescued : 163

Number of people who have left China today : 151

🕘 As of 1930 hrs, 01 September 2026 pic.twitter.com/P5QdsocfRK

— Randhir Jaiswal (@MEAIndia) September 1, 2026

Nepal says flood death toll rises to 1,050, bringing total killed to 1,066

(AFP)

Actor Sonu Sood has arrived in Nepal to support victims of the devastating floods that struck the country last week, with his team coordinating relief efforts.

Speaking with ANI, Sonu Sood said his Sood Charity Foundation team had brought essential supplies from India and would continue supporting affected communities in the coming months.

"We are here to meet the victims of the flood. We got lots of stuff from India. We just want to be with the people who are in need and will try to bring their lives back (on track)," he said.

Sood said the relief effort includes blankets and food materials, while the team is also assessing what more is needed on the ground.

(ANI)

Rescue crews in Nepal are racing against time to find hundreds of missing workers who are feared trapped inside hydropower tunnels damaged by flooding that has killed more than 1,000 people across Nepal and China.

At least 900 workers are missing from hydropower projects, with about 500 believed to be inside tunnels, according to officials and industry representatives.

Access to the tunnels has been hampered by flooding, debris and damaged infrastructure, making it difficult for rescue teams to reach workers.

(AP)

Filmmaker and drone pilot Manish Maharjan crossed into Nepal from China's Tibet through Rasuwagadhi, a border crossing closest to where last week's catastrophic flooding began, two days before the disaster. Returning home, little did he know he would be using his professional skills to help with rescue efforts along a route he has known intimately from years of travel for work.

As authorities mobilized dozens of rescue and relief teams, Maharjan joined the Nepal Army's rescue efforts a day after the flash floods, which have since killed more than 1,000 people and left thousands missing in Nepal and China.

Maharjan has been operating thermal drones to assist rescue teams, focused on locating and finding at least 900 workers who are still missing from 12 hydropower projects buried under mud and debris. About 500 of them are believed to be trapped inside power plant tunnels.

(AP)

Scores of women queued at a school sheltering Nepal flood victims, jostling to receive personal-care supplies, as concerns over sanitation and menstrual hygiene mount days after the catastrophic disaster.

Thousands of people displaced by Wednesday's flash floods are living in temporary relief camps, their homes either washed away by rivers or buried under silt and mud.

While authorities and aid groups have ensured that they have a roof over their heads and food to eat, many women at a school camp in Nuwakot district said they have had to contend with inadequate toilet facilities and unsanitary conditions.

"There are privacy as well as sanitation concerns," said Anju Bhujel, 40, who has been living at the camp with her two young children after the family home was swept away.

(AFP)

Nepal Flood Death Toll Surges To 1, 003

(PTI)

Rescue teams with search dogs combed through mud, rocks and debris Tuesday in Nepal and China looking for thousands of people still missing after catastrophic flooding tore through communities across the Himalayas, leaving more than 1,000 dead.

Nepal's disaster agency said Tuesday that 987 deaths had been counted there, with 3,916 people missing, including 583 foreigners. Chinese authorities, in their latest update on Sunday, reported 16 deaths and 546 people still missing, including 261 foreigners.

In Nepal, rescuers were racing to reach hundreds of workers believed to be trapped inside tunnels at hydropower projects damaged by the floods. About 900 workers are missing from 12 projects, with roughly 500 believed to be trapped in tunnels, according to Nepalese authorities.

Brig. Gen. Raja Ram Basnet, Nepal's army spokesperson, said teams assisted by foreign experts were working at several hydropower projects. Visuals released by the army showed rescue teams entering dark, debris-filled tunnels, wading through mud and water and climbing over rocks as they searched for signs of life.

Some rescuers, aided by search dogs, searched gaps among rocks and debris for signs of life. Other teams used heavy machinery to clear a major highway leading to Gyirong Port, hoping to clear the way for equipment, personnel and supplies to reach the disaster zone, according to China's state-run Global Times newspaper.

(AP)

Nepal is battling a deluge of misinformation, alongside rescue and relief operations as fake and AI-generated visuals inundated social media following the devastating flash floods, prompting the government to order 72 users to remove inappropriate content over the past few days.

The Nepal Press Council, the country's media regulatory body, has opened a dedicated portal, titled "Special Complaints on the Bhotekoshi Incident", through which the public can report misinformation and graphic material related to the disaster, The Kathmandu Post reported on Monday.

The move comes as social media platforms have been inundated with dramatic videos and images purportedly showing the destruction caused by the flash floods in the Himalayan nation.

While some of the footage is genuine, fact-checkers have found that several widely circulated videos and images are from disasters in other countries, recycled from earlier events or generated or manipulated using artificial intelligence, the report said.

(PTI)

 Workers shoveled thick mud from a flood-ravaged power station in central Nepal this week, trying to restore electricity to more than 20,000 people.

The floods that swept through Nepal and China, killing hundreds and leaving thousands missing, have also overrun hydropower facilities, knocking out about 10% of Nepal's power capacity.

Once the immediate aftermath of the disaster is dealt with, the question will be how to restore power plants, roads, bridges, schools and health facilities without exposing them to the same vulnerabilities, disaster experts said.

"Authorities have to take a hard look in the mirror now and ask how they will be rebuilding in these places. They will also have to take a close look at other projects in Nepal that have not been built yet, whether they'll be approved after this event," said Jakob Steiner, a geoscientist at the University of Graz in Austria, who is currently based in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

(AP)

The Nepali Army has rescued 279 people from various hydropower projects affected by last week's Bhotekoshi floods, while search and rescue operations continue at several project sites and inside tunnels, Nepali Prime Minister Balendra Shah said.

However, the Independent Power Producers' Association Nepal (IPPAN), an umbrella organisation of private-sector power developers, said Monday that the status of 894 people working at 11 hydropower projects affected by the floods along the Bhotekoshi and Trishuli river corridors remains unknown.

रसुवा बाढीसम्बन्धी खोज, उद्धार तथा राहतको पछिल्लो अवस्थाबारे प्रेस विफ्रिङ
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— PMO (@PM_nepal_) August 31, 2026

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Monday confirmed that 158 Indian nationals were rescued from Nepal after devastating floods hit the Himalayan nation last week.

The Ministry stated that as of 9 p.m. on Monday, a total of 158 Indian nationals have been rescued, and the forensics team and Tunnel rescue teams are continuing the rescue and relief efforts.

“Forensics team: The specialised forensics team from India continued its work in Kathmandu today in coordination with counterparts from Nepal Police's Forensic Science Laboratory. They discussed the optimisation of various protocols and documentation,” stated the MEA.

Six Keralites holding foreign citizenship remain untraced following the flash floods in Nepal, while more people from the state began returning home on Monday, NORKA Roots said.

NORKA Roots is a Keralam government agency that coordinates overseas affairs and welfare services for non-resident Keralites.

In a statement, the agency said the six people yet to be contacted include four Australian nationals, one British national and US citizen Krishnakumar Raghavan (59), whose relatives registered his details with the NORKA help desk.

All six have family roots in Keralam and were reportedly in the China-Nepal border region when the flash floods occurred.

Efforts are continuing to trace them and establish contact with them, it said. (PTI)

कृष्णभीर सडकखण्ड अवरुद्ध भएपछि सवारी आवागमनका लागि वैकल्पिक मार्ग प्रयोगसम्बन्धी अत्यन्त जरूरी सूचना pic.twitter.com/GHWtvWyZP5

— Nepal Police (@NepalPoliceHQ) August 31, 2026

Nepal has sought additional international support, including specialised equipment and technical assistance for tunnel rescue and forensic work, as rescue operations continued after the floods that have killed hundreds and left thousands missing.

During a press briefing in Kathmandu on Monday, Nepal's foreign ministry spokesperson Lok Bahadur Chhetri said the country had sought essential non-food items and services such as freezers, DNA testing kits and LiDAR from the US, relief-specific items like DVI from Singapore, and belly bridges and high-capacity drones from China and Singapore. (Associated Press)

More than 2,500 buildings were destroyed in Nepal's Trishuli valley in tsunami-like glacial floods on August 26, according to an AFP computation of data from Europe's Copernicus observatory.

That's about two-thirds of all buildings in the three potentially affected zones studied by Copernicus' emergency management service.

When partially damaged buildings are included, the proportion of structures affected rises to more than seven out of 10, underscoring the flood's violence as it tore through the valley.

These areas, which include parts of the towns of Timure, Syabrubesi and Bidur, north of the capital Kathmandu, were home to nearly 6,000 people before the disaster.

Images for the area around Bharatpur, Nepal's third most populous city, were still being studied on Monday morning. (AFP)

Devastating floods near the border with China have killed at least 939 people in Nepal, while the number of missing in the country dropped to 3,925, its disaster authority said Monday, six days after the disaster.

Chinese state media earlier confirmed 16 dead and 546 people missing in Tibet, taking the overall count to 955 dead and 4,471 missing.

China on Monday dismissed claims linking its massive hydropower projects in Tibet to the August 26 flash flood disaster in Nepal, calling them "malicious speculation".

The flash floods, believed to have been triggered by an ice-rock avalanche near the Nepal-Tibet border, swept through northern and central Nepal last week, killing hundreds, leaving thousands missing and damaging homes, roads, bridges and hydropower infrastructure.

"We noted that experts and official institutions of China and Nepal have made some assessment on the cause of the disaster," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun told a media briefing in Beijing when asked about criticism blaming Chinese projects.

"According to their analysis, the mudslide was triggered by a collapse of a high-altitude glacier in Nepal," he said.

"In the face of tragic disasters, we reject malicious speculation that has no factual basis," Guo said. (PTI)

According to latest data from Nepal's disaster authorities, 939 deaths have been reported amid the flash floods, while 3,925 people remain missing. 

Information on DNA Profiling for unidentified Dead Bodies !! pic.twitter.com/dkVdTvY8Ap

— Nepal Police (@NepalPoliceHQ) August 31, 2026

Doosan Enerbility Co. said Monday that one of its helicopters joined the search effort for nine South Koreans missing in massive floods in Nepal after receiving clearance from local authorities for the first time.

The helicopter was one of two the company has secured to aid the search, out of a total of six secured by South Korea. It departed at around 11 a.m. (local time) to head to the site where the nine -- six Doosan employees and three Korea South-East Power Co. employees -- had been working at a hydroelectric power plant construction site in the Rasuwa district when massive floods and landslides struck the region last Wednesday.

While the helicopter flew over the site, search personnel onboard looked for signs of the missing and filmed video for future analysis, the company said. (IANS)

A new train service from Bahraich to Nepalgunj Road railway station was launched on Monday as India expressed condolences over the Nepal flood tragedy. Flagging off the train, UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw observed two minutes of silence. The train was flagged off without the ceremonial waving of a green flag and lacked any decorations.

Rescuers rushed Monday to reach workers believed to be trapped in tunnels at hydropower sites buried in mud after catastrophic flooding in Nepal and China, as the deaths continued to rise and increasingly desperate families searched for their loved ones.

Mohan Kumar Dangi, president of the Independent Power Producers' Association, Nepal, or IPPAN, said there's an estimation of at least 500 of the 900 missing workers trapped in the tunnels, although authorities have provided varying numbers and said several foreign teams were assisting Nepali rescuers.

Describing India as Nepal's close friend and "Sukh dukh ke saathi", Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday said New Delhi stands shoulder to shoulder with "our Nepali brothers and sisters", and it is committed to support Kathmandu's efforts for search, rescue and rehabilitation following the large-scale devastation caused by the flash floods in that country.

Went to the Embassy of Nepal in New Delhi and expressed my condolences by signing the condolence book.

On behalf of the Government and people of India, I extend my deepest condolences to the people of Nepal and their Government, on the loss of precious lives and large-scale… pic.twitter.com/n5I81Sx21w

— Rajnath Singh (@rajnathsingh) August 31, 2026

Indian Ambassador to Nepal Naveen Srivastava has said that he met three Indian nationals who were among four people rescued by the Nepali Army from Chilime village in flood-hit Rasuwa district.

"Met 3 Indian nationals and their Nepali colleague, who were rescued by Nepali Army from Chilime village, that was badly affected by flash floods in #Rasuwa. We thank the Nepali army for their help." Srivastava said in a post on X.

The Indian Embassy in Kathmandu is facilitating their return to India, he said.

Met 3 Indian nationals and their Nepali colleague, who were rescued by Nepali Army from Chilime village, that was badly affected by flash floods in #Rasuwa. We thank the Nepali army for their help. @IndiainNepal is facilitating their return to India
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— Naveen Srivastava, Ambassador of India in Nepal (@navsri6619) August 31, 2026

Nepal's rescue teams are trying to trace 933 workers and employees in various hydropower project sites in flood-hit areas who have been out of contact since August 26, with many believed to be trapped in tunnels.
Expert teams from India and China are currently assisting the rescuers in these operations.

More than 600 are stranded inside the tunnels of various hydropower projects, waiting to be rescued, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA) said.

So far, 279 people have been rescued from the tunnels of various hydropower projects, including 254 people from Upper Trishuli-1 and 18 from the Langtang Khola site. The conditions of the others are unknown.

At least 84 people from Tamil Nadu remain unaccounted for after the tragedy in Nepal.

Making a statement in the state assembly on the latest situation, Tamil Nadu Minister Aadhav Arjuna said 305 people from Tamil Nadu had travelled to Nepal. Of them, 220 have been confirmed safe, while contact could not yet be established with 84 people.

So far, 21 Tamil Nadu pilgrims have returned safely.

The minister said 21 of the 57 people who travelled through Super Yathira agency in Kumbakonam have returned safely, while contact has not yet been established with the 49 pilgrims who travelled through Chennai-based Mahadev Kailash Yathira agency.

Many others who travelled through different groups have been traced and are safe, the minister said, adding that several of them are expected to return today and tomorrow.

There is, however, an apparent discrepancy in the numbers. If 305 people travelled from Tamil Nadu and 220 have been confirmed safe, the balance works out to 85, one more than the minister’s figure of 84 people with whom contact has not been established. The status of that one person remains unclear.

The uncertainty continues to leave families anxious.

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At least 4,793 people were listed as missing Monday.

Here are the latest numbers, as reported by the news agency AFP:

- In total: 4,793 missing -

Nepal's disaster agency increased the total number of people missing on its side of the border to 4,247 on Monday, saying there were also 903 confirmed deaths.

The number of missing in Tibet is 546, with 16 others dead, China's state broadcaster CCTV reported on Sunday.

Together, the total missing stands at 4,793 and the total dead at 919.

Nepal's disaster agency said Monday that 592 foreigners were unaccounted for, without listing them by nationality.

Chinese officials said Sunday at least 261 foreign nationals were among those unaccounted for there.

In India, authorities said they had recovered seven bodies from rivers flowing from Nepal, believed to be flood victims. However, at this time they are not included in the toll.

- Nepal -

Among the missing are 933 people working on hydropower projects, 45 Nepali Army soldiers, 38 police and armed police officers and 18 customs and immigration officers.

At least 1,158 people are unaccounted for in the hard-hit district of Nuwakot.

China's CCTV said Sunday that 104 Nepali nationals were missing in Tibet.

- China -

China's foreign ministry said on Thursday that nearly 100 Chinese nationals were among the missing in Nepal.

The Nepal Tourism Board said eight Chinese were unaccounted for but that 16 had been rescued.

- India -

India's foreign ministry said on Saturday that 275 citizens were missing, and an additional 128 persons of Indian origin. Around 900 Indian nationals are still on the Chinese side but are safe and contactable.

Chinese state media said Sunday that 49 Indian nationals were missing in Tibet.

- United States -

About 85 US citizens were missing, the State Department said on Sunday, adding that nine had been rescued. It said it was not aware of any US fatalities.

The Nepal Tourism Board put the figure at 65 missing on Friday, and two rescued.

Eighteen US citizens were still missing in Tibet, Chinese state media said on Sunday.

- Ukraine -

The Nepal Tourism Board put the number of Ukrainians still missing on Friday at 61.

Ukraine's embassy in Nepal said on Friday it was aware of 62 of its citizens with whom contact had been lost, revising its earlier numbers upwards by six.

Chinese state media said one Ukrainian was missing in Tibet. 

- Malaysia -

The Nepal Tourism Board put the number missing at 51.

Chinese state media said three Malaysians were missing in Tibet. 

- Australia -

The number of Australians missing stood at 42 on Sunday.

- United Kingdom -

Thirty-three people from the United Kingdom were missing, the Nepal Tourism Board figures showed on Friday.

In Tibet, 15 people from the United Kingdom were missing, Chinese state media said.

- Latvia -

Twenty-nine Latvians were missing, the Nepal Tourism Board said on Friday.

Chinese state media said 33 Latvians were missing in Tibet. 

- Canada -

The Nepal Tourism Board said 25 Canadians were among the missing on Friday. Canada's foreign ministry put the figure at 30 in both Nepal and Tibet.

Chinese state media said six Canadians were missing in Tibet.

- South Korea -

The Nepal Tourism Board said Friday that nine South Korean tourists were missing.

South Korea's foreign ministry said Wednesday they had had no news of nine hydropower workers.

- Singapore -

Nine Singaporeans were unaccounted for, the Nepal Tourism Board said. 

- Germany -

Eight German citizens are missing, according to the Nepal Tourism Board.

Chinese state media said three Germans were missing in Tibet.

- Russia -

Nine Russians are unaccounted for, while two have been rescued, the Nepal Tourism Board said on Friday.

Three Russians were missing in Tibet, Chinese state media said Sunday.

- Other nationalities -

South Africa: six (Nepal Tourism Board). Four missing in Tibet. (CCTV)

Japan: five (Nepal Tourism Board) 

New Zealand: five (foreign ministry and Nepal Tourism Board). Two missing in Tibet. (CCTV)

France: four (Nepal Tourism Board). Two missing in Tibet. (CCTV)

Spain: three (Spanish foreign ministry). One missing in Tibet. (CCTV)

Belgium: two, and one person rescued (Nepal Tourism Board) 

Hungary: three (Hungarian foreign ministry). The Nepal Tourism Board put the figure at one. One missing in Tibet (CCTV)

Portugal: three, with two found safe (Portuguese government). The Nepal Tourism Board said only one Portuguese citizen was missing. One missing in Tibet (CCTV)

Netherlands: two (Nepal Tourism Board). Two missing in Tibet (CCTV)

Italy: three missing (Italian foreign ministry). The Nepal Tourism Board said Friday one was missing, with two rescued 

Ireland: two (Nepal Tourism Board). Two missing in Tibet (CCTV)

Kazakhstan: three (Nepal Tourism Board). One missing in Tibet (CCTV)

Belarus: one (Nepal Tourism Board)

Finland: one (Nepal Tourism Board). One missing in Tibet (CCTV)

Israel: one (Nepal Tourism Board)

Lithuania: one (Nepal Tourism Board). One missing in Tibet (CCTV)

Philippines: one (Nepal Tourism Board)

Serbia: one (Nepal Tourism Board)

Switzerland: one, with one person rescued (Nepal Tourism Board)

Sweden: one (Swedish foreign ministry and Nepal Tourism Board)

Vietnam: one (Nepal Tourism Board)

Estonia: Two missing in Tibet (CCTV)

Drone footage has accidentally captured the glacier collapse that led to the catastrophic floods and left hundreds of people in Nepal and Tibet dead last week.

The footage, captured by a Chinese photographer, shows an enormous mass of bedrock and glacier ice breaking off a slope near the Langtang Lirung peak, which is more than 7,200 metres above sea level.

Huge plumes of dust were then seen rising from the mountains.

A Chinese photographer accidentally captured the catastrophic avalanche on Mount Lamtang in Nepal during a drone shoot.

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— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) August 28, 2026

The deluge of ice, rock, mud and debris then slammed into the valley about 1,200 metres below and triggered flash floods that severely swelled the Bhotekoshi and Trishuli rivers

Death count in Nepal floods have increased to 903, and more than 4,000 people are still missing, disaster authority said in an update on X.

Rasuwa Flood: Search, Rescue and Relief Update- as of 31th August, 2026, 9:00 AM@moha_nepal pic.twitter.com/dDMEC9G55h

— NDRRMA (@NDRRMA_Nepal) August 31, 2026

Nepal is facing an "unimaginable and heartbreaking" disaster with authorities struggling to assess the full scale of devastating floods, Prime Minister Balendra Shah has said.

"Our country has been facing an unimaginable and heartbreaking natural disaster," he said in a social media post late Sunday.

"The devastating floods in the Bhote Koshi River in Rasuwa have made it extremely difficult to collect a complete account of the loss of life, property, and infrastructure," he added.

"Although this task remains challenging due to adverse weather, difficult terrain, and ongoing risks, we are moving forward with determination to protect the lives of the citizens."

At least seven Indians among foreigners who were rescued on Sunday.

List of Foreign Citizens Rescued on August 30, 2026 affected from the August 26 Rasuwa Bhotekoshi Flood pic.twitter.com/FeeJYy6XZn

— NDRRMA (@NDRRMA_Nepal) August 30, 2026

Nepal's disaster authority has said that 781 people had died, while 2,502 are still missing, including 592 foreigners. On the Chinese side, authorities said 16 people were killed in Gyirong County and 546 were missing.

Rasuwa Flood: Search, Rescue and Relief Update- as of 30th August, 2026, 6:00 PM @moha_nepal pic.twitter.com/iJFSjq7o3a

— NDRRMA (@NDRRMA_Nepal) August 30, 2026

The rescue operations in Nepal and China have entered day 6 today to find thousands of people missing after flash floods unleashed a catastrophic mudslide across the Himalayas last week.

A glacier collapse led to a sudden massive flood in the Bhotekoshi River in the Rasuwa district bordering Tibet on August 26, causing widespread damage.