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Nepal flood death toll crosses 700 on Sunday
The Hindu··30 Aug
Nepal's flash flood death toll crossed 700 on Sunday, with around 2,500 people still missing after the August 26 deluge. Five-year-old Ishara Tamang was rescued in Rasuwa and told hospital staff her mother was swept away. Another girl, Manisha, was pulled from rubble near Syabrubesi and reunited with her parents in Kathmandu. Rescuers continue digging through mud as rain persists.
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What It Means For You
- Families searching hospitals in Kathmandu still face incomplete missing-person lists with around 2,500 unaccounted for.
- Communities along the Bhotekoshi and Trishuli system remain under renewed flood watch as river levels rise again.
- Survivors who lost homes and medicines, such as patients needing diabetes drugs, depend on hospital-area shelters for immediate care.
What's Happening
- Ishara Tamang was found trapped in a net in Khalte, Rasuwa, and named her father as being in Kathmandu.
- An Armed Police Force team pulled a six-year-old girl from a collapsed security post wreckage at Timure.
- Manisha was found on Friday after rescuers mistook her cries for a cat, then flown to Teaching Hospital on Saturday.
How The Floods Moved Downstream
- The August 26 floods travelled through the Bhotekoshi and Trishuli river system across northern and central Nepal.
- Businessman Nischal Tripathi said only one or two houses appeared to have survived in Timure after he fled to higher ground.
- Rekha Devi Gosain of Trishuli Bazaar lost her home, four shops and essential medicines to the surge.
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