Nepal held a national day of mourning on September 7, 2026 to commemorate over 1,300 deaths from devastating flash floods on August 26, with approximately 5,000 people still missing. Roughly 900 workers remain missing at hydroelectric projects, with about 500 believed trapped in tunnels.
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Nepal holds a day of mourning after floods kill 1,300 AP News
Nepal is holding a day of mourning to remember people who died in the Aug. 26 floods with government offices lowering flags and family members concluding mourning rituals.
Rescue efforts have increasingly focused on 12 hydropower projects, where about 900 workers are missing and roughly 500 are believed to be trapped in various tunnels, authorities said.
📢 The August 26 floods left some 5000 missing, including foreigners.
Nepal flags fly at half-mast to mark a day of mourning after catastrophic Himalayan floods kill more than 1,300.
Nepal held a day of mourning Monday to remember those killed in the Aug. 26 floods, with flags lowered at government offices and families concluding mourning rituals. globalnews.ca/news/1205007... The government had declared Monday an official day of mourning and ordered flags at government offices lowered to half-staff.
Monday was the 13th day since the flooding which killed more than 1,300 people in Nepal and Tibet and left some 5,000 missing, including foreigners, according to Nepal's disaster management agency.