Kathmandu (Nepal) (AFP) - The Nepalese Emergency Management Authority announced on Wednesday that the death toll from devastating floods that struck a border area with China had risen to at least 1,204 deaths, while 4,216 people were still missing.

Published on: 02/09/2026 - 12:15 Last updated: 02/09/2026 - 20:39

On the Chinese side, official media reported that 21 people were killed in Tibet and 541 others were missing, bringing the total toll from the August 26 disaster to 1,225 dead and 4,757 missing.

Meanwhile, Nepalese rescue teams continue to search for survivors who are feared to be stuck inside the tunnels of hydroelectric power facilities, a week after devastating floods, but hopes of finding them alive are diminishing after the teams faced dead ends without confirmation of finding any survivor.

The government believed that more than 100 workers may still be alive inside a number of tunnels.

On Wednesday, Nepali families held symbolic funeral ceremonies with the aim of "liberating the souls" of their missing relatives.

After days of searching shelters and morgues, the families of some missing people lost hope and began holding funeral ceremonies, with straw effigies burned according to Hindu rituals.

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