Nepal and China flood missing toll nears 3,000

Rescuers in Nepal and China were battling yesterday to locate thousands of people missing days after a deadly, tsunami-like wall of water and debris swept through the Himalayan region, engulfing entire villages. Figures from both countries put the number of missing close to 3,000, with 633 bodies recovered — and reports of some dead possibly swept downstream as far away as India. Rescue worker Kawan Koirala, from the Nepal Scout Disaster Response Team, said they were struggling in thick, leg-sucking mud. A woman looks at photographs of the missing and dead following flash floods in Nepal, outside a hospital in Kathmandu on August 29, 2026. Photo: AFP “People want their family member’s body back, either dead or alive, but we cannot find them... You can see the mud,” he said, exhausted after