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Nepal Flood Death Toll Reaches 1,127 as Thousands Remain Missing
Severe flash floods caused a disaster in Nepal.
Police said 1,127 people had died by Wednesday.
Rescuers were still searching for 4,858 missing people.
The floods affected northern and central parts of the country.
They began after ice and rock collapsed near the Nepal-Tibet border.
Security forces rescued 6,541 people from affected areas.
Thousands of police personnel were helping with rescue, relief and body recovery.
Officials completed identification procedures for 1,113 bodies.
Information about 911 unidentified bodies was posted online so families could look for missing relatives.
Nepal’s flash-flood death toll rose to 1,127 on Wednesday, about a week after the disaster began.
Search operations continued for 4,858 missing people across flood-hit areas.
Security forces rescued 6,541 people and deployed 7,912 police personnel.
Postmortem and legal identification procedures were completed for 1,113 bodies, while 95 were returned to relatives.
Details of 911 unidentified bodies were posted on the Nepal Police website to help families identify relatives.
- Who
- At least 1,127 people died; Nepal Police and other security forces are conducting rescue, search and recovery operations.
- What
- Nepal is responding to devastating flash floods while searching for missing people, rescuing survivors and identifying recovered bodies.
- Where
- Flood-hit areas in northern and central Nepal, including Chitwan, Nawalparasi East, Nawalparasi West, Nuwakot, Gorkha, Dhading, Rasuwa and Tanahu.
- When
- The death toll was reported on Wednesday, about one week after the floods began on August 26.
- Why
- The floods were triggered by a collapse or avalanche of ice and rock near the Nepal-Tibet border.
Key facts
- Reported death toll
- 1,127
- People still missing
- 4,858
- People rescued
- 6,541
- Police personnel deployed
- 7,912
- Bodies with completed procedures
- 1,113
- Bodies handed to relatives
- 95
- Unidentified-body records posted online
- 911
Sources
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