Around 600 children missing in Nepal’s Rasuwa, Nuwakot after flash floods; toll rises to 1,282
Flash floods in Nepal, triggered by an ice-rock avalanche, have resulted in 1,282 deaths and left thousands missing, including approximately 600 children. Local authorities are struggling to verify data due to communication disruptions in the affected districts.
Why it matters
The high number of missing children and the scale of the disaster highlight the severe humanitarian impact of climate-related geological events.
Around 600 children remain unaccounted for in Nepal’s Rasuwa and Nuwakot districts after the devastating flash floods, as the death toll rose to 1,282 on Friday (September 4, 2026) with more than 4,700 missing.
The flash floods, triggered by an ice-rock avalanche near the Nepal-Tibet border on August 26, devastated towns and villages in northern and central Nepal, leaving a trail of destruction.
Nepal flash floods aftermath updates on September 4, 2026
So far, 359 bodies have been recovered in Chitwan, 218 in Nawalparasi East, 208 in Nawalparasi West, 185 in Nuwakot, 72 in Gorkha, 60 in Dhading, 140 in Rasuwa and 38 in Tanahu, according to Nepal Police.
With two people dying while undergoing treatment in two hospitals in Kathmandu, the death toll has reached 1,282.
The joint command of security forces is searching for 4,798 people missing from different areas.
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