Archive · 28 Aug 2026
US, WHO Expand Emergency Support After Nepal Flash Floods
Flash floods and mudslides badly affected Nepal’s Rasuwa district near the Nepal-China border.
Many people died, and many others were reported missing.
The United States is sending a disaster response adviser and $500,000 to help people affected by the floods.
The money will pay for shelters, basic supplies, clean water, sanitation and hygiene support.
The World Health Organization sent medicines and large multipurpose tents.
Nepal’s government is leading search, rescue and relief efforts with help from the United Nations and other groups.
Officials are also working to find missing foreign citizens, including Americans.
The US Embassy is helping American citizens and telling them to follow local authorities’ instructions.
Nepal’s disaster authority reported 389 deaths and 977 missing people in its latest status report, although the earlier report described the toll less specifically.
The United States is deploying a disaster response adviser and providing $500,000 for flood relief in Nepal.
US funding will support shelter, relief supplies, clean water, sanitation and hygiene assistance through Catholic Relief Services.
The World Health Organization has sent medicines and multipurpose tents to help maintain health services.
Nepal’s government, the United Nations and humanitarian partners are conducting search, rescue, damage assessments and relief operations.
Nepal’s disaster authority reported 389 deaths and 977 missing people, including foreign nationals and Nepalis living abroad.
- Who
- Nepal’s government, the United States, the World Health Organization, the United Nations and humanitarian responders; affected residents and missing foreign nationals are also involved.
- What
- Emergency search, rescue, medical, shelter and relief support is being provided after flash floods and mudslides.
- When
- US assistance was announced on Wednesday local time; further US and WHO support was reported on Thursday local time.
- Where
- Rasuwa district and the Nepal-China border area in Nepal.
- Why
- To save lives, locate missing people, support health services, provide basic necessities and assess the disaster’s damage.
- US assistance
- $500,000 in emergency funding
- US deployment
- A disaster response adviser will support relief operations in Nepal.
- US funding priorities
- Emergency shelter, relief supplies, water, sanitation and hygiene assistance
- Medical support
- The World Health Organization dispatched medicines and multipurpose tents.
- Reported toll
- Nepal’s National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority reported 389 deaths and 977 missing people.
- Missing people
- The report said 517 missing people were foreign nationals and 127 were Nepali citizens living abroad.
- Coordination
- Nepal’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs established an Emergency Response Team for search, rescue, information verification and consular assistance.
