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About 600 children missing after Nepal floods
The Hindu··4 Sept
Around 600 children remain unaccounted for in Nepal's Rasuwa and Nuwakot districts after flash floods. The death toll rose to 1,282 on Friday, September 4, 2026, with security forces searching for 4,798 missing people. Local education units estimate 280 children missing in Rasuwa and at least 300 in Nuwakot. Education units also report 22 teachers and school staff missing.
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What It Means For You
- School offices in Rasuwa and Nuwakot are still verifying missing-student lists with broken communications.
- In Bidur Municipality alone, officials estimate roughly 250 children missing since the floods.
- Families and surviving students are still searching across both districts for relatives.
What's Happening
- The floods followed an ice-rock avalanche near the Nepal-Tibet border on August 26.
- Nuwakot education head Surya Bahadur Khatri estimated at least 300 pupils missing in the district.
- Rasuwa education chief Durga Prasad Silwal cited preliminary records of 280 missing students.
Police Recovery Counts
- Nepal Police said 359 bodies were recovered in Chitwan and 185 in Nuwakot.
- Rasuwa recoveries stood at 140 bodies, with 218 in Nawalparasi East.
- Two deaths during hospital treatment in Kathmandu pushed the national toll to 1,282.
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