Archive · 30 Aug 2026
Nepal Seeks India’s Help Identifying Over 600 Flood Victims
Flooding in Nepal has left more than 600 people dead.
Many of the bodies are hard to identify.
Nepal wants help from India to use fast DNA tests.
DNA testing can help match a body with the person’s family.
Nepal also asked for experts who know how to rescue people from tunnels.
That expert team arrived in Nepal over the past two days.
Nepal is now asking for more help from forensic laboratories.
Officials say they are actively working on getting this support.
Nepal has found more than 600 bodies following flooding.
Many victims are in difficult conditions to identify.
Nepal is seeking India’s support for rapid DNA analysis.
Nepal also requested specialised assistance with tunnel rescue operations.
An expert tunnel-rescue team arrived in Nepal over the past two days.
- Who
- Nepal is seeking support from India and forensic laboratories; a tunnel-rescue expert team has arrived.
- What
- Nepal is seeking rapid DNA analysis to identify more than 600 flood victims and specialised tunnel-rescue assistance.
- When
- The tunnel-rescue team arrived over the past two days; no specific date is given for the broader request.
- Where
- Nepal.
- Why
- More than 600 bodies have been found, many in difficult conditions to identify.
- Bodies found
- More than 600
- Identification method sought
- Rapid DNA analysis
- Requested support
- Forensic laboratory assistance and specialised tunnel rescue
- Expert team arrival
- Over the past two days
- Condition of victims
- Many bodies are difficult to identify
- Requesting country
- Nepal
- Support sought from
- India