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Nepal flood death toll at 1,259, missing figure jumps to 5,083
AFP, Kathmandu
Published: 04 Sep 2026, 11:20 AM
Monitoring equipment is deployed to monitor deformation, rockfall, and landslides of unstable rock masses during search and rescue operations at the destroyed Gyirong Port in Gyirong County, in China’s western Tibet region on 3 September 2026. Photo: AFP
Devastating floods on the China-Nepal border have killed at least 1,259 people in Nepal, the disaster authority said Thursday, reporting a sharp rise in the number of missing, at 5,083.
Chinese state media reported 21 people killed in Tibet and 541 missing, taking the total toll from the August 26 disaster to 1,280 dead and 5,624 missing.
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