Nepal Flood Crisis
Fresh Nepal floods compound disaster as death toll reaches 1,453 with thousands missing.
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Fresh rain in Nepal has triggered new floods and landslides, swept away homes and disrupted roads, prompting overnight evacuations as rivers rose above danger levels. The new damage comes a month after flash floods originating near the Nepal-Tibet border devastated northern and central Nepal; officials report 1,453 deaths and 5,285 people still unaccounted for. The disaster destroyed homes, roads, bridges and hydropower infrastructure, while thousands remain displaced and search and recovery efforts continue. Authorities are using DNA profiling to identify victims, with only 112 of the recovered dead identified and returned to their families so far.
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In Butwal, the Tinau River swept away six riverside houses, and security personnel evacuated about 1,000 people overnight after around 200 homes were judged at risk.
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Of those rescued, 1,113 people were still staying in 21 holding centres, including 805 from Rasuwa, 187 from Nuwakot and 121 from Dhading.
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Nepal Police had collected DNA samples from 1,329 recovered bodies or remains and from 2,060 relatives of missing people; many unidentified remains were buried after mortuaries ran out of capacity.
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Nepal’s prime minister, Balendra Shah, told the UN General Assembly, “Climate change does not recognize borders. Glaciers and floods do not travel with stamps and passports.”
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