The death toll due to the flash floods in Nepal rose to 1,377 on Thursday (September 10, 2026) as more bodies were recovered from the affected districts, while rescue and search operations continue for more than 5,000 missing people, authorities said.

At least 364 bodies have been recovered from Chitwan district, 228 from Nawalparasi East, 222 from Nawalparasi West and 198 from Nuwakot, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA).

Similarly, 178 bodies have been recovered from Rasuwa, 77 from Gorkha, 70 from Dhading and 38 from Tanahu, it said.

Two flood victims died during treatment in Kathmandu.

The joint command of security personnel has continued search and rescue operations for the missing people, estimated to be 5,130.

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So far, 13,656 people have been rescued from the flood-affected areas.

The flash floods, triggered by an ice-rock avalanche near the Nepal-Tibet border on August 26, devastated towns and villages in northern and central Nepal.

The Bhotekoshi River, which flows south from the Himalayan border region, carried the floodwaters downstream, sweeping away homes, vehicles, roads and bridges and damaging hydropower projects.

The disaster also killed at least 43 people on the Chinese side, while more than 500 people remain missing in Tibet, according to Chinese media reports.

A devastating glacial collapse in Nepal that unleashed deadly floods was a “warning signal” over the growing risks climate change poses to the Himalayan nation, its foreign minister told AFP on Tuesday.

“We believe that this disaster should be seen as a warning signal to the risk that climate change poses to Nepal,” Shisir Khanal said in an interview with AFP nearly a week since the tsunami-like wave of freezing water, rocks and debris carved a trail of destruction.

More than 1,000 bodies have been recovered, and nearly 4,500 people are missing in Nepal as well as across the Chinese border in Tibet.

Mr. Khanal invited international support based on climate justice rather than charity, noting that his largely rural nation of 30 million people contributes a fraction of global greenhouse gas emissions compared to industrialised nations.

“We call upon the international community to take the changing climate in the Himalayas in an urgent light,” he said.

“The support to Nepal should not be just seen from an angle of aid or charity, but should be seen from a perspective of climate justice as well.”

The disaster has affected people’s lives but also public infrastructure, the minister said, underlining the need for long-term support to help Nepal adapt to and mitigate the growing challenges of climate change.

While the exact cause of the glacial collapse is unclear, climate change is causing glaciers to melt worldwide, increasing the risk of such disasters.

Scientists say the Himalayas, the world’s highest mountain range, are melting faster as global temperatures rise.

“We have to seek not just the preservation of mountains, but also seek support for adaptation and mitigation of the challenges that climate change is bringing to Nepal — and this region as well,” he said.

“In the longer term, it will have even further impact downstream, in the entire South Asia, as the ice melts.”

‘Resilient nation’

Glaciers in the wider Himalayan and Hindu Kush ranges are a crucial water source for around 240 million people in the mountainous regions, as well as for another 1.65 billion people in the South Asian and Southeast Asian river valleys below.

“It impacts the entirety of Himalayan region’s civilisation,” Mr. Khanal said.

“We are a downstream community for China, and an upstream community of India, and the Himalayan rivers impact all of us,” he added.

The glacial collapse has highlighted the need to speed up data sharing mechanisms to alert of any similar catastrophes, said the Minister.

“Since the disaster, China has shared a lot of data, especially for this region where this particular disaster occurred,” he said.

“This disaster does give more impetus and urgency to us to build the mechanism in a much significantly faster timeline.”

While Nepal is now in mourning, Mr. Khanal said people should still come to visit. “We’re in a moment of sorrow and grief,” he said. “But this is very resilient nation… Nepal still remains open.”