Nepal flash floods aftermath LIVE: Nepal-Tibet flood death toll rises to 1,243 as PM Shah flags climate change link

Home News World India delivered a fifth tranche of over five tonnes of essential medicines to Nepal, alongside an 11-member rescue team Updated - September 03, 2026 07:37 am IST A Buddhist monk looks at photographs of missing and deceased people pasted on wall outside Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, following flash floods and a mudslide, in Kathmandu, Nepal on September 1, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Nepal-Tibet flood death toll rises to 1,243 as PM Shah flags climate change link The death toll from the devastating Nepal-Tibet flash floods surged to 1,243 on Wednesday (September 2), as rescuers battled rain and debris to trace those believed to be trapped in the tunnels along the course of the Bhotekoshi river and underground powerhouses in the Himalayan nation.Prime Minister Balendra Shah said the disaster’s link to climate change must be strongly raised with the international community, as symbolic funerals were held by families of locals still missing after last week’s flash floods.-PTISeptember 03, 2026 07:08 India sends more relief supplies to Nepal; 166 Indian nationals rescued so farIndia on Wednesday (September 2) delivered a fifth tranche of over five tonnes of essential medicines to flood-ravaged Nepal, alongside an 11-member rescue team.The death toll from last week’s flash floods in Nepal has risen to over 1,000 after rescue workers recovered more bodies from affected areas, according to Nepalese authorities.While emergency teams have rescued more than 12,000 people, roughly 4,000 remain missing as search and rescue operations continue.“A fifth Indian Air Force flight carrying humanitarian assistance reached Kathmandu today. It carried about 5.5 tonnes of medical supplies, including antibiotics, analgesics, surgical items and other essential medicines,” the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said.-PTISeptember 03, 2026 06:48 10 Thane pilgrims untraceable since Nepal flash floods; frantic relatives cling to faint hopesAn agonising wait turned into sheer desperation for families in Maharashtra’s Thane as 10 local pilgrims remained completely untraceable a week after ferocious flash floods devastated the Nepal-China border, severing communication lines and wiping out entire transit checkpoints.While two tourists returned home safely, the remaining 10 pilgrims, who were on the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra, remain untraceable after floodwaters struck near the Timure Chinese immigration checkpoint on August 26, destroying local communication infrastructure.Only Prakash Shantaram Mane and his wife Pratibha from Dombivli in the district have returned home safely so far.Distraught relatives of the missing persons have appealed to authorities for urgent intervention as a week-long communication blackout persists across the affected border areas.-PTI Published - September 03, 2026 06:47 am IST