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Death toll in Nepal flood tops 1,000 as Nepal rescuers reach remote areas in search

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  • Nepal’s flood death toll reached 1,000, with about 4,000 people still missing and at least 639 trapped at damaged hydropower stations.
  • Rescuers built temporary bridges, reopened roads and searched remote areas after a glacier collapse sent ice, rock and mud through border communities.
  • China and South Korea offered specialized rescue and relief support, including DNA experts, drones and an emergency team.

Nepal’s rescue effort has shifted toward isolated hydropower stations and remote valleys, where at least 639 people remain trapped nearly a week after catastrophic floods devastated towns and mountain communities.

The death toll reached 1,000 on Tuesday, according to the country’s disaster management authority, while about 4,000 people remained missing. Rescuers built temporary bridges and dug through the ruins of hydropower projects in an attempt to reach nearly 300 trapped workers.

Thousands of citizens have lost their homes, families, loved ones and property. The government understands the immense pain they are enduring.

— Balendra ShahNepal’s prime minister described the scale of the disaster and the suffering of displaced residents.

More than 11,000 people have been rescued, Prime Minister Balendra Shah said. Some power and communication lines have been restored, and road access to Nuwakot, one of the worst-hit districts, has been reopened to support rescue work and relief distribution.

“Thousands of citizens have lost their homes, families, loved ones and property,” Shah said in a late-night social media post. “The government understands the immense pain they are enduring.” A survivor from Rasuwa district described fleeing with only the clothes she was wearing. “What we were wearing is the only pair of clothes we have. And even they are wet from rain.”

What we were wearing is the only pair of clothes we have. And even they are wet from rain.

— Woman survivor from Rasuwa districtThe survivor described the conditions faced by villagers who fled the floods.

Police official Bipin Regmi said a search team recovered 24 bodies from a house in Betrabati village in Nuwakot. “We are reaching new areas and recovering bodies,” he told Reuters.

Foreign assistance began reaching the search effort. China worked overnight to reopen access to the Nepal-China border and planned to send DNA testing experts, drones, water-purification equipment and additional relief supplies. South Korea said it would dispatch a 44-member emergency team after nine South Korean nationals working at a hydropower project went missing. Nepal had earlier declined general foreign search-and-rescue involvement but requested specialized equipment and technical support.

We are reaching new areas and recovering bodies.

— Bipin RegmiA police official described the continuing search in Nuwakot district.
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