Nepal ends search and rescue after flood, focuses on rehabilitation
Authorities will recover remains and valuables during rehabilitation after the flood left 5,285 people missing and destroyed 12 hydroelectric projects, roads and bridges.
- On Monday, Oct 5, Nepal concluded the 40-day search and rescue operation following the August 26 flash floods, with Prime Minister Balendra Shah overseeing the decision at the 21st National Council meeting of the NDRRMA.
- The flood originated at the Nepal border with China's Tibet region, devastating the Bhotekoshi-Trishuli area and destroying 12 hydroelectric projects, roads, bridges, farms, and settlements.
- NDRRMA confirmed at least 1,455 deaths and 13,795 rescues, while 5,285 people remain missing after the disaster struck in August.
- "We are moving from the search and rescue phase to the search and rehabilitation phase," said Phanindra Paudel, chief of the National Emergency Operation Centre, as authorities seek nearly $5 billion for recovery.
- NDRRMA chief Dharam Raj Uprety said authorities are initiating legal processes to declare missing persons dead, enabling families to complete insurance and banking formalities while emergency rescues continue if needed.
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On 26 August, the huge wave formed by the collapse of a glacier and a part of a summit of the Himalayas, near the border with China, destroyed everything on its way, bridges, roads and buildings. The latest provisional record of the Nepalese authorities shows that more than 1,400 people have died and 5,000 have disappeared, plus thousands of homeless people. Formerly the owner of a hotel, Shanti Dangol has since lived under the canvas of a tent …
Nepal halts search for thousands missing in floods
KATHMANDU - The families of thousands of people who remain missing in Nepal weeks after catastrophic floods devastated the country have expressed mixed feelings after the government said this week that it is stopping the search for victims, Kyodo reported.
Rescuers have so far recovered the bodies of at least 1,455 people.
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Nepal ends search for thousands of flood victims, leaving some families angry and others relieved
KATHMANDU, Nepal — The families of thousands of people who remain missing in Nepal weeks after catastrophic floods devastated the country have expr...
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