KATHMANDU: The death toll from the devastating flash floods in Nepal has climbed to 903, while 4,247 people remain missing, as rescue teams continue one of the country’s largest disaster-response operations, according to the latest figures released on Monday by Nepal’s National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA).
Authorities said 10,451 people have been rescued so far, with thousands of security personnel, ground teams and aircrews deployed across the worst-hit districts.
Chitwan has reported the highest number of fatalities at 272, including several human remains recovered after being swept downstream. Nawalparasi (East) has recorded 207 deaths, followed by Nawalparasi (West) with 151, Nuwakot 95, Gorkha 62, Dhading 55, Tanahun 37 and Rasuwa 24.
The scale of the missing-persons crisis also remains severe. According to official data, those unaccounted for include 25 Nepal Police personnel, 45 Nepal Army personnel, 13 Armed Police Force personnel, 15 Customs Office personnel and three Immigration Office personnel.
District Emergency Operations Centre figures show that 1,548 people are missing in Nuwakot and 865 in Rasuwa. Another 933 people connected with hydropower projects remain unaccounted for, while 65 people are missing from Makwanpur.
Authorities have also listed 592 foreign nationals among the missing, underscoring the international dimension of the disaster.
The Nepal Army has intensified aerial evacuation operations, rescuing thousands of stranded people, including foreign nationals. On August 30, 15 people stranded at a hydropower site, including five Chinese and seven Indian nationals, were rescued, according to authorities.
Hundreds of flights have been undertaken as part of the rescue and relief mission, while helicopters have been pressed into service to reach areas cut off by floodwaters, landslides and damaged roads.
Relief supplies, including food and other essential material, are being transported into affected areas through trucks, utility vehicles and helicopters.
Nearly 20,000 security personnel have been mobilised for rescue and relief operations, with ground forces carrying out thousands of evacuations. Helicopter crews have also conducted hundreds of sorties to airlift stranded residents and foreign nationals.
Search operations remain focused on severely affected hydropower installations and tunnels, where hundreds of workers are still feared missing. Rescue teams are battling difficult terrain, heavy debris and unstable conditions while attempting to reach those who may still be trapped.
The disaster, which struck Nepal’s Himalayan region last week, has caused widespread destruction across several districts and triggered an enormous humanitarian response as authorities race to locate survivors and deliver assistance to isolated communities.
