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Families Urge Rubio to Expand Search for Missing Nepal Relatives
Severe flash floods struck northern and central Nepal on August 26.
Many people are still missing, including Americans and travelers from other countries.
Families wrote to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio for help.
They said they had not been told about American search teams, aircraft, or consular officers in the area.
They asked for aircraft, satellite images, search teams, and better communication tools.
They also asked the United States to work with Nepal, China, and other countries.
Most of the missing people were traveling toward Mount Kailash.
Nepal’s reported death toll reached 1,282 while searches continued for more than 4,700 missing people.
At least 90 US nationals were reported unaccounted for after Nepal’s August 26 flash floods.
Families and friends signed a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio dated August 29.
The letter represented 57 missing people: 31 Americans and 26 people of other nationalities.
Most missing people were traveling to Mount Kailash through Nepal’s Rasuwa district toward Tibet.
Families requested aircraft, search equipment, satellite analysis, emergency connectivity, consular coordination, and more rescue funding.
- Who
- Families and friends of 57 missing travelers, including 31 Americans, wrote to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio; at least 90 US nationals were reported unaccounted for.
- What
- They requested expanded international rescue and search operations to locate missing relatives after catastrophic flash floods.
- Where
- Northern and central Nepal, particularly the route through Rasuwa district toward Tibet at Gyirong.
- When
- The floods occurred on August 26; the letter was dated August 29, and the report was published on September 4.
- Why
- Families said they wanted all missing people found and sought greater US involvement, equipment, coordination, and information.
Key facts
- Reported US nationals unaccounted for
- At least 90
- Letter signatories’ missing people
- 57 people: 31 Americans and 26 people of other nationalities
- Flood date
- August 26
- Letter date
- August 29
- Reported Nepal death toll
- 1,282
- People still missing in Nepal
- More than 4,700
- Requested assistance
- High-altitude aircraft, search equipment, satellite imagery, Starlink connectivity, urban search teams, consular coordination, and additional funding
Quotes
Families of missing American citizens
Relatives and friends of people missing after the Nepal floods
“Coordinate with Australia, the United Kingdom, India, and Singapore, whose people were in the same tour groups as our relatives,”
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“We want all of them found. We write as Americans because we expected more from our own government for the Americans among them.”
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Ajay Bhutoria
Former White House advisor and Indian-American community leader
“In moments of crisis, swift unity and action are our strongest tools,”
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