02.09.2026 09:50
The death toll from the floods in Nepal's Rasuwa district on the Chinese border has risen to 1,114. Around 4,000 people are missing, and nearly 12,000 have been rescued. Hundreds of workers at hydroelectric power plants remain unaccounted for. Experts say the disaster was caused by a glacial collapse.
The death toll from flooding in Nepal's Rasuwa district near the Chinese border and its surroundings has been reported to have risen to 1,114.
SEARCH OPERATIONS CONTINUE FOR NEARLY 4,000 PEOPLE
Search and rescue operations are ongoing to find those missing in the flood disaster that affected regions of Nepal near the Chinese border.
Nepal's National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority shared the latest update on the floods on its account on the US-based company X's social media platform.
The statement said the death toll in various flood-affected areas has risen to 1,114, and search and rescue efforts are continuing for nearly 4,000 people reported missing.
11,993 PEOPLE RESCUED
The statement added that more than 20,000 security personnel have been deployed in search and rescue operations, and 11,993 people have been rescued so far.
HUNDREDS UNREACHABLE AT HYDROELECTRIC PLANTS
According to a report by the Kathmandu Post newspaper, employees believed to be trapped in underground facilities and tunnels of some hydroelectric plants in flood-affected areas have not yet been reached.
In a statement from the Independent Power Producers' Association of Nepal, it was reported that a total of 947 people are unreachable, and it is not yet known how many of these individuals are trapped in underground facilities and tunnels and how many were swept away by the floodwaters.
Families of the missing workers have criticized the government and project operators, stating that search and rescue operations are progressing slowly.
EXPERTS POINT TO GLACIER COLLAPSE
A flood occurred in Nepal's Rasuwa district on August 26, and it was reported that dozens of bridges were destroyed, roads were damaged, and helicopters were dispatched for search and rescue operations due to the floodwaters.
The US Geological Survey, which initially announced that an earthquake occurred in the region before the flood, later updated its data and stated that the source of the seismic movement with a magnitude of 5.2 was a glacier collapse.
Experts at the Kathmandu-based International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, meanwhile, stated that the flood was caused by an avalanche triggered by glacier fragments breaking off from the mountainous area in the region.