A Month After Nepal Floods, Thousands Are Still Missing and Families Face a Long Recovery
Authorities say 5,644 people remain missing as DNA testing slows identifications and leaves 1,333 bodies temporarily buried.
- Authorities report 1,453 bodies recovered and 5,644 people remaining missing following last month's floods in Nepal, with DNA testing delaying final rites as only 112 bodies have been handed over to relatives.
- Prime Minister Balendra Shah used his first address to the U.N. General Assembly on Thursday to characterize the flooding as "a warning to the world" about climate risks facing the Himalayan region.
- Some children's bodies were recovered wearing school ties bearing their schools' logos, causing profound grief for parents like Pasang Maya Tamang, 32, who lost her young son in the floods.
- Tents have been set up at the Nepal Police Hospital in Kathmandu where relatives provide DNA samples to help identify the dead, though authorities say the process will take at least a month.
- The Nepal government estimates reconstruction and recovery will cost $4.77 billion, with experts from India, China, the United States, Singapore, and South Korea assisting with the identification effort.
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A month of Nepal's monster flood: Funeral of effigies, some hold on to fading hope
Today is a month of the Rasuwa–Nuwakot catastrophic flood in Nepal. Around 1,400 have been killed and over 6,000 people, including 275 Indians, are still missing. The heart still clutches onto hope while reason says otherwise. Forensic experts are working to identify DNA samples while some families are conducting symbolic funerals of their family members.
Kathmandu. As of 5 am on Saturday, 1,453 bodies have been found in the devastating floods in Bhotekoshi, Rasuwa. According to Nepal Police, 236 bodies have been found in Rasuwa, 204 in Nuwakot, 72 in Dhading, 368 in Chitwan, 79 in Gorkha, 38 in Tanahun, 232 in Nawalparasi East […] The post Rasuwa Flood Update: 1,453 bodies found, 4,718 still missing appeared first on Rajdhani Daily (popular national daily)-RajdhaniDaily.com - Online Nepali News …
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