Bhotekoshi Flood Aftermath
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Nepalese families continue searching for relatives missing after the Bhotekoshi flood, while rescue teams inspect damaged hydropower tunnels. Nepal and China also discuss support, as grieving families perform funeral rites without recovered bodies.
Bhotekoshi Flood Survivors Reunite With Families After Five Days
For five days, families in Bardiya waited for news of workers who had gone to Rasuwa to earn money before the festivals. On Sunday, 23 of them returned home after surviving the Bhotekoshi flood. Among them was 38-year-old Krishna Prasad Chaudhary of Barbardiya Municipality. His wife, Bima, said he called on Wednesday from someone else’s phone to say he had narrowly escaped, but she could not reach…
Nepal seeks Loss and Damage funding after climate-linked flood. Will it get it?
Nepal is asking the international climate finance system to help pay for losses from the Bhotekoshi flood in Rasuwa. Experts have described the disaster as climate-related, while officials argue that …
Bodies of 1,114 People Recovered After Bhotekoshi Flood
Authorities have recovered the bodies of 1,114 people who went missing in the devastating Bhotekoshi flood in Rasuwa on August 26. The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority release…
Rescue teams struggle to reach workers trapped in Nepal hydropower tunnels
A week after a devastating flash flood tore through northern Nepal, rescue teams still cannot reach workers believed trapped inside underground hydropower facilities. Mud, debris and floodwater have b…
Family performs funeral rites after Bhotekoshi flood victim’s body goes missing
After six days of searching hospitals and recovery sites, Raj Kumar Shrestha’s family performed his funeral rites without his body. They used an effigy made from kusha grass, a practice prescribed in …
Rescue Teams Search Damaged Hydropower Tunnels for Those Missing in Nepal Flood
Rescuers are using tunnel operations, heavy machinery and specialist expertise to search for people still missing after Nepal’s devastating Bhotekoshi flood. Nepali security personnel are working with…
