Archive · 29 Aug 2026
India Sends Aid as Nepal Flood Death Toll Reaches 669
A very large flood hit parts of Nepal after ice and rocks fell near a glacier.
Water, mud and debris rushed downstream and damaged towns, roads and power stations.
Many people have died, and almost 2,000 people are still missing.
Rescue workers are searching through mud and damaged areas.
India says it is also worried about what happened.
India has sent food, medicine, equipment and other emergency supplies.
India also sent doctors, paramedics and a team to study tunnel rescues.
Nepal and India are working together to help people affected by the disaster.
Nepal’s flash-flood death toll reached 669, with nearly 2,000 people still missing.
An ice-rock avalanche after a glacial collapse near the Nepal-Tibet border triggered torrents of water, mud and debris.
Floods damaged towns, villages, infrastructure and hydropower stations across central Nepal.
India sent a third 10-tonne relief consignment, along with doctors, paramedics and a tunnel-rescue reconnaissance team.
India’s aid included generators, food packets, dignity kits, water-purification tablets, shelters, blankets, solar lamps and medicines.
- Who
- Nepal’s rescue teams are searching for missing people, while India is providing humanitarian assistance. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh announced India’s concern.
- What
- Flash floods killed 669 people and left nearly 2,000 missing; India sent additional relief supplies and emergency personnel.
- When
- The disaster began on Wednesday, and the death toll was reported on Saturday, August 29.
- Where
- Central Nepal was affected, with the triggering avalanche occurring near the Nepal-Tibet border; aid was sent to Kathmandu.
- Why
- An ice-rock avalanche following a glacial collapse unleashed water, mud and debris downstream.
- Reported death toll
- 669 people
- People missing
- Nearly 2,000
- Latest Indian aid shipment
- 10 tonnes of humanitarian assistance
- Indian medical and rescue team
- 11 doctors, paramedics and reconnaissance personnel
- Earlier Indian shipments
- 10 tonnes on Wednesday and 37.5 tonnes on Thursday
- Relief items
- Portable generators, dignity kits, food packets, water-purification tablets, shelters, blankets, solar lamps and medicines
- Affected area
- All eight affected districts in Nepal had reported recovered bodies