Kathmandu, September 4 The death toll from the devastating Rasuwa flood on August 26 has reached 1,294, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA). The authority confirmed the recovery of 1,294 bodies during a press briefing on Friday evening. NDRRMA spokesperson Shanti Maharjan said 5,053 people are still missing, while 13,095 […] The post Rasuwa flood death toll reaches 1,294 appeared first on OnlineKhabar English News.

Kathmandu, September 4 Ten families have been relocated from Bhattar settlement in Apihimal Rural Municipality of Darchula after a landslide put the area at high risk and temporarily blocked the Chaulani River. The families have been moved to relatives’ homes as a precaution, while the rural municipality has provided them with essential supplies, including tents. […] The post 10 families relocated as landslide puts Darchula settlement at risk appeared first on OnlineKhabar English News.

Raswa, September 4 Technicians from the Nepal Electricity Authority have entered the Upper Trishuli 3A hydropower project tunnel alongside the Nepali Army to help search for people who may still be trapped inside. The NEA technicians entered the underground powerhouse with the Army team to identify possible locations where workers and engineers could be trapped […] The post NEA technicians enter Trishuli 3A tunnel to aid search for trapped workers appeared first on OnlineKhabar English News.

Kathmandu, September 4 For 10 days, Bidya Dangol did not know whether she would see her brother Kabir Maharjan again. Maharjan, from Lalitpur, was trapped inside the Trishuli 3A hydropower project tunnel after the devastating flood in Rasuwa on August 26 blocked the tunnel entrance. On Friday, 10 days after the flood, he was finally […] The post Family celebrates Kabir Maharjan’s rescue after 10 days inside Trishuli 3A tunnel appeared first on OnlineKhabar English News.

Kathmandu, September 4 Ten days after the Bhotekoshi flood blocked the entrance to a tunnel at the Trishuli 3A hydropower project, two people trapped inside were rescued alive on Friday. The successful rescue has renewed hopes that others reported missing from the project may also be found. A rescue team led by the Nepali Army, […] The post ‘Nepalis can do it too’: Nepal Army team pulls two survivors from Trishuli 3A appeared first on OnlineKhabar English News.

Kathmandu, September 4 Amir, the younger brother of Kabir Maharjan, who was rescued alive from a tunnel at the Trishuli 3-A Hydropower Project, said the family’s happiness knew no bounds after Kabir was rescued safely following 10 days trapped inside the tunnel. Kabir had been trapped inside the tunnel after the devastating flood in the […] The post Rescued alive after 10 days, Kabir’s brother says, ‘There are no words to describe our happiness’ appeared first on OnlineKhabar English News.

London: Whether it was the massive earthquake a decade ago, the Covid pandemic, or now the devastation of the Bhotekoshi flood, once again it has been proven that the Nepali diaspora in the UK cannot remain untouched by the pain their homeland faces during disasters. On the morning of August 26, a massive flood in […] The post Feeling their homeland’s pain, Nepalis in the UK raise relief funds appeared first on OnlineKhabar English News.

Kaski, September 4 Two people died, and two others were injured when a car with an Indian license plate, travelling from Sedi towards Lakeside, plunged into Phewa Lake at 4:50 am at the Gairichautara bend in Pokhara-18 today. According to Police Inspector Deepak Prasad Rijal, the Acting Information Officer at the District Police Office, Kaski, […] The post 2 Indian nationals killed as car plunges into Phewa Lake appeared first on OnlineKhabar English News.

There is a quiet desperation outside the mortuary at Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital in Maharajgunj. Some people stare at photographs of missing relatives. Others keep their eyes fixed on the mortuary door, waiting for someone to emerge with an answer. There is hope on some faces. On others, grief has already settled in. Some, unable […] The post For every body inside, a family waits outside appeared first on OnlineKhabar English News.

Kathmandu, September 4 Of the 1,290 bodies recovered so far after the devastating floods in Rasuwa, fewer than 100 have been identified and handed over to their families. The figures underline one of the most difficult tasks that follows a major disaster: identifying the dead. In floods, landslides and other disasters, bodies can be severely […] The post Why DNA testing matters when disaster victims cannot be identified appeared first on OnlineKhabar English News.