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EU joins aid effort as more than 1,300 remain missing after Nepal floods

Mud covered buildings following a flash flood at Trishuli in Nepal, 26 August 2026.
Mud covered buildings following a flash flood at Trishuli in Nepal, 26 August 2026. © Navesh Chitraka/Reuters

The EU has joined international efforts to send aid after catastrophic floods on the Nepal-Tibet border left at least 360 people dead and more than 1,300 missing.

A wall of mud and rock collapsed into a river near Gyirong on the Tibet-Nepal border on Wednesday, triggering a flash flood that swept through towns and villages and washed away houses, roads and power projects.

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