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Seven Bodies Believed Linked to Nepal Floods Recovered in India
Severe floods hit Nepal and nearby areas.
Indian officials found seven bodies in rivers in Uttar Pradesh.
Four bodies were found in Maharajganj district.
Three more were found in Kushinagar district.
Officials think flash floods carried the bodies from Nepal into India.
The victims have not yet been identified.
The wider disaster has killed at least 472 people.
At least 1,400 people are still missing, and the seven bodies found in India are not included in that count.
Indian authorities recovered seven bodies from rivers flowing from Nepal into Uttar Pradesh.
Four unidentified bodies were found in Maharajganj district on Thursday, officials said.
Three additional bodies were recovered in Kushinagar district, about 70 kilometers downstream from the frontier.
Authorities believe flash floods in Nepal swept the victims into India and are working to identify them.
The wider floods have killed at least 472 people and left at least 1,400 missing; the seven Indian recoveries are excluded from that toll.
- Who
- Indian authorities recovered seven bodies believed to be linked to flood victims from Nepal.
- What
- Seven bodies were found in rivers in Uttar Pradesh, and authorities are working to identify them.
- Where
- The bodies were found in Maharajganj and Kushinagar districts of Uttar Pradesh, India, near the Nepal border.
- When
- Four bodies were recovered Thursday, and officials reported the discoveries Friday.
- Why
- Officials believe flash floods in Nepal swept the bodies into India.
Key facts
- Bodies recovered in India
- Seven
- Recovery districts
- Maharajganj and Kushinagar, Uttar Pradesh
- Bodies found in Maharajganj
- Four unidentified bodies
- Bodies found in Kushinagar
- Three bodies
- Deaths in wider flood disaster
- At least 472, including 469 bodies recovered in Nepal and three in China
- People missing
- At least 1,400
- Included in wider death toll
- No; the seven bodies recovered in India are excluded
Quotes
Gaurav Singh Sogarwal
Maharajganj district magistrate
“We think they have been swept into India from Nepal following flash floods there.”
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“Four unidentified bodies were recovered in the district on Thursday,”
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