Nepal's army personnel carry the bodies of deceased flood victims during a search operation along the Narayani river at Bharatpur in Nepal's Chitwan district on August 31, 2026. Nepal was burying on August 31 some of the hundreds of bodies retrieved after a deadly, tsunami-like flood crashed through the Himalayan region, sweeping away villages and leaving thousands still missing. (Credit: Photo by PRAKASH MATHEMA / AFP via Getty Images)
Ten days after a Himalayan glacier gave way and sent a torrent of mud, rock and meltwater crashing through the Nepal-China border zone, the confirmed death toll has climbed past 1,000, and thousands of families are still waiting on word of missing relatives.
The toll keeps rising through the day, not from a source clash
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