Nepal flash flood death toll rises to 1,127: Police
The death toll from devastating flash floods in Nepal has risen to 1,127, with thousands still missing. Authorities are currently managing the identification of bodies and conducting search and rescue operations across multiple affected districts.
Why it matters
This is a major humanitarian disaster highlighting the vulnerability of Himalayan regions to climate-related geological events.
The death toll from Nepal’s devastating flash floods rose to 1,127 on Wednesday (September 2, 2026) as rescuers are racing to find thousands still missing a week after the Himalayan disaster, police said.
According to the Nepal Police, 348 more dead bodies were recovered from Chitwan, 217 from Nawalparasi East, 190 from Nawalparasi West and 155 from Nuwakot.
Similarly, 66 bodies were recovered from Gorkha, 59 from Dhading, 45 from Rasuwa, and 38 from Tanahu.
Police said postmortem and legal identification procedures had been completed for 1,113 bodies, while 95 had been handed over to relatives.
Details of 911 unidentified bodies have been uploaded to the Nepal Police website to help families identify missing relatives.
So far, security forces have rescued 6,541 people from the affected areas while search operations continued for 4,858 missing people, the police said.
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