Scenes of loss and survival after deadly Nepal flash flood

WORLDScenes of loss and survival after deadly Nepal flash floodAug. 31, 2026, 9:58 a.m. ETPeople salvage belongings from their home following flash floods at Devighat in Nepal's Nuwakot district on Aug. 31, 2026. Nepal was burying some of the hundreds of bodies retrieved after a deadly, tsunami-like flood crashed through the Himalayan region, sweeping away villages and leaving thousands still missing. Distraught families have packed rescue stations and hospitals in search of their missing relatives, while others have faced the grim task of identifying bodies at overflowing morgues.ARUN SANKAR, AFP Via Getty ImagesA man sticks photographs of his missing relative amongst the pictures of missing and deceased people pasted on a wall outside Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, following flash floods and mudslides, in Kathmandu, Nepal, Aug. 31, 2026.Monika Malla, REUTERSShiba Rai, 3, a landslide survivor, lies in a hospital bed, following flash floods and a mudslide, in Trishuli, Nuwakot district, Nepal, Aug. 31, 2026.Francis Mascarenhas, REUTERSPeople mourn their missing relatives in the aftermath of flash floods, outside a mortuary in Nepal's Chitwan district on Aug. 31, 2026.PRAKASH MATHEMA, AFP Via Getty ImagesVolunteers use shovels to remove sludge inside a classroom of Shree Bagheswori Madhyamik School, following deadly flash floods and…

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