Preliminary estimates suggest the Bhotekoshi floods have caused extensive damage to hydropower projects and transmission infrastructure, while insurance coverage and reconstruction costs remain unclear.

More than 8,300 troops are deployed in affected districts as rescue efforts continue, while heavy rain temporarily halts work to locate the entrance to a hydropower tunnel.

Though the government has attempted to project a modern, ‘smart’ response through digital maps and online dashboards, critics argue that these efforts fail to translate into tangible assistance on the ground.

The assessment will determine reconstruction needs as government plans to seek international support for rehabilitation and rebuilding.

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An 11-member specialised reconnaissance team for tunnel rescue from India has mobilised while a tunnel rescue team from China is also at work.

Overflowing mortuaries mean that authorities have the practical option of taking DNA and other forensic records and laying unidentified remains to rest.

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Challenging events like the Bhotekoshi flash flood highlight the need for mutual understanding and cooperation.

Disaster preparedness requires an urgent shift from knowledge integration to responsibility integration among governments, NGOs and communities.

The government will retain DNA and other identifying evidence before managing unidentified bodies, as 675 victims have been recovered from flood-hit districts so far.

Soldiers, police and specialist teams search buried tunnels, collapsed structures and debris three days after the Bhotekoshi disaster, battling treacherous terrain and equipment shortages.

Death toll reaches 669 as search teams recover bodies and evacuate thousands from flood-hit areas.

The constitution designates the local level as the primary responder to an emergency but Wednesday’s flood has left people’s councils crippled.

Displaced patients miss essential drugs while hospitals struggle with dwindling supplies, no fuel and worsening sanitation as insecurity spreads around shelters.

Kathmandu seeks specialised international support, including tunnel rescue teams, refrigeration units for bodies and heavy-lift drones, as difficult terrain hampers operations.

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Prem Bahadur and Maiya Tamang have turned their lone hillside home into a shelter, feeding and housing more than 200 people since the disaster despite relying mainly on small government allowances.

Only four of 233 bodies recovered in Chitwan have been identified as decomposition raises public health concerns.

They ran for higher ground, fled through forests and raced ahead of the torrent as homes and communities vanished.

Nepali Army rescues workers from some sites, but access remains a major obstacle at projects across the Trishuli corridor.

Three days after the disaster, search teams continue looking for missing people across northern and central Nepal.

Families search overcrowded mortuaries for missing relatives as authorities struggle with decomposing remains, scarce forensic expertise and limited cold-storage capacity across central Nepal.

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Facing New Zealand’s Murdoch in Shanghai, the ‘Tiger of Bajhang’ delivers crucial late strikes to earn a decision win and dedicated solace for back-home tragedy.

Correspondents must submit passports and visas, identity cards issued by their organisation, details of pay and perks, among other things.

Companies, banks, insurers and individual donors have pledged millions of rupees to Nepal’s disaster relief fund as rescue operations continue and affected communities face a long road to recovery.

Damage to key roads and bridges has disrupted relief, healthcare, education and trade across Rasuwa, Nuwakot and Dhading.

As the search for bodies drags on, survivors in the river settlements are searching for loved ones trapped beneath collapsed homes, and waiting for the government to arrive.

Amid pressure from countries whose nationals remain missing, officials say they would allow international experts to assist in tunnel rescues and body identification.

Experts explain how the Bhotekoshi river got blocked and a sudden release of water combined to produce the devastating flood — and what they still don’t know.

The key route to the capital remains blocked since Wednesday’s Bhotekoshi floods. Falling vegetable arrivals and damaged roads are raising concerns over food and fuel supplies.

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Authorities seek faster action on AI-generated videos, scam donation QR codes and distressing images circulating after the Bhotekoshi disaster.

Chinese embassy in Kathmandu says the lake formed after an ice-rock avalanche remains at a high level and is overflowing, with officials on both sides continuing to monitor the risk of a possible breach.

Alongside the lorry drivers, a number of other Nepali nationals—including construction labourers and those engaged in the hospitality and business sectors—remain in Kerung.

Government says 538 lives have been lost, hundreds remain missing, and bodies are being recovered far downstream. Here is what we know about Nepal’s worst flood disaster in years.

The government has immediate access to around Rs20 billion from the current fiscal year’s budget for rescue, relief and other emergency needs. Following the devastating Bhotekoshi flood, donations to government relief funds are also pouring in.

Government orders relief and rehabilitation package for flood-hit districts.

Nepal prepares aerial reconnaissance in Rasuwa after a report that the lake, formed by floodwaters near the Chhochen Khola-Purepu Tsangpo confluence, has breached.

Nepal’s death toll has reached 475, while hundreds remain missing and 90 Americans are still unaccounted for, according to Nepali and US officials.

Hospitals in Chitwan and Pokhara are reaching capacity as bodies recovered far downstream from the Bhotekoshi flood arrive from several districts.

Search and rescue teams are working across northern and central Nepal after Wednesday’s flash flood swept through communities along the Bhotekoshi and Trishuli rivers, carrying people and debris far downstream.

A devastating flash flood in Rasuwa has dealt a fresh blow to Nepal’s tourism industry. Experts warn that worsening climate risks in the mountains could make natural disasters an increasingly serious threat to the country’s tourism-dependent economy.

For those who escaped the devastating flood in Rasuwa, survival brought an unexpected second chance at life, but also the trauma of watching their homes, colleagues and loved ones disappear in minutes.

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