Search for survivors continues at Nepal hydroplants

In Nepal, on 4 September 2026, the search for survivors continued after flash floods that also hit the Nepal-Tibet border area. Anadolu Agency gave a toll of 1,325 dead and 5,584 missing in Nepal and China. Two workers were pulled alive from a hydropower tunnel, at the Trishuli 3A project, nine days after the floods, and the army recovered a body from the tunnel. An official put Nepal's flood losses at $2.56 billion, and the UN aims to raise nearly $50 million for the response.

Foreign nationals were also affected: 275 Indian nationals remain missing and 166 were rescued, according to India's foreign ministry, and nine Singaporeans are missing. Nepal's government says it will need billions to rebuild, and a Nepali minister demanded compensation for climate damage, which the Indian government answered by saying climate change is a common challenge. A landslide partially blocked the Chaulani river in Darchula, raising fresh flood fears.