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AMERICANALMANAC (Alan Benson) - Nepal flood death toll climbs past 1,100 as nearly 4,000 remain missing

Flash flooding along the Nepal-Tibet border has killed at least 1,114 people and left nearly 4,000 missing, with the Nepali government now shifting its focus from rescue to rebuilding, even as families across dozens of countries still wait for word on loved ones. Nepal's National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority posted an update Wednesday […] The post Nepal flood death toll climbs past 1,100 as nearly 4,000 remain missing appeared first on American Almanac .

Flash flooding along the Nepal-Tibet border has killed at least 1,114 people and left nearly 4,000 missing, with the Nepali government now shifting its focus from rescue to rebuilding, even as families across dozens of countries still wait for word on loved ones. Nepal's National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority posted an update Wednesday morning putting the confirmed death toll at 1,114, a jump of more than 100 from the 1,003 bodies recovered just one day earlier. The agency listed 3,916 people as missing. On the Chinese side of the border, state media outlet Xinhua News Agency reported 16 dead and 546 missing, citing Chinese officials. The combined figures mean well over 4,400 people across the border region remain…Open

AMERICANALMANAC (Jack Newsome) - Virginia family desperate for answers after Nepal border floods leave dozens of Americans missing

A 67-year-old Northern Virginia man is among as many as 90 Americans unaccounted for after flash floods destroyed a Himalayan border checkpoint, and his family says they have heard almost nothing from the governments involved. Anil Goel, a retired World Bank employee and seasoned trekker, had his visa approved at the Rasuwagadhi immigration checkpoint on […] The post Virginia family desperate for answers after Nepal border floods leave dozens of Americans missing appeared first on American Almanac .

A 67-year-old Northern Virginia man is among as many as 90 Americans unaccounted for after flash floods destroyed a Himalayan border checkpoint, and his family says they have heard almost nothing from the governments involved. Anil Goel, a retired World Bank employee and seasoned trekker, had his visa approved at the Rasuwagadhi immigration checkpoint on Nepal's border with Tibet at 8:35 a.m. local time on August 26, 2026. Roughly 35 minutes later, the collapse of a distant rock ledge and the massive glacier it supported sent a wall of floodwater and mud through the valley, CBS News reported . Every building at the checkpoint was swept away or buried. Goel had sent a photo to his family from the border crossing just minutes before the…Open