Archive · 1 Sep 2026
Families Await News of Tourists Missing in Nepal Floods
Flash floods in Nepal have left many people missing.
Families are worried because they have not heard from relatives who were traveling there.
One group included tourists from Bengal visiting Kailash Mansarovar.
Some relatives last spoke to the tourists before they were expected to travel toward Kerung.
A travel agency sent a team to search hospitals and morgues.
The team did not find anyone from the group there.
Officials said some tourists were missing and two had been traced.
Families want an official list of people rescued from the Tibet area.
They are also worried about false videos spreading online.
Families have been waiting for news of tourists missing since flash floods in Nepal.
Thirty-three tourists from Bengal were traveling on a 13-day Kailash Mansarovar trip organized by Chalo Jaai.
Suvendu Adhikari said 39 tourists from Bengal were missing, with two later traced.
Chalo Jaai sent a team to Nepal, which checked hospitals and morgues without finding anyone from the group.
Authorities reported 903 deaths and 4,247 missing people in Nepal, including about 590 foreigners from 39 countries.
- Who
- Tourists from Bengal, including a 33-member Kailash Mansarovar group, are missing; their families and friends are seeking updates.
- What
- Families are awaiting information about tourists missing after flash floods in Nepal.
- When
- The families had been waiting for five days at the time of the report; officials gave a death toll update on Monday and held a meeting with relatives on Friday.
- Where
- The tourists were last contacted in Syabrubesi, near Nepal's Tibet border, while traveling toward Kerung.
- Why
- Flash floods disrupted travel and communications, leaving families without confirmed information about the tourists' whereabouts.
- Tour group
- Thirty-three tourists from Calcutta and surrounding areas were on a 13-day Kailash Mansarovar trip.
- Group composition
- The group included 18 women and 15 men.
- Reported missing from Bengal
- Suvendu Adhikari said 39 tourists from Bengal were missing, of whom two had been traced.
- Last known contact
- Some tourists last communicated from Syabrubesi on Tuesday night.
- Nepal death toll
- The death toll from the flash floods rose to 903 on Monday, according to Reuters citing authorities.
- People still missing
- Authorities reported that 4,247 people remained missing, including about 590 foreigners from 39 countries.
- Search effort
- Chalo Jaai sent a team to Nepal to check hospitals and morgues for the missing tourists.