Residents pull the steel wire of a newly installed zipline to help people commute across the Trishuli river in the aftermath of flash floods at Bidur in Nepal's Nuwakot district, Nepal, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
NUWAKOT, Nepal (AP) — Flash floods in Nepal have killed many people and left hundreds missing, including tourists and workers. The floods swept through communities and halted travel in parts of the Himalayan country.
Relatives console Muna Khadka, center, who lost her son Aayush Khada, in flash floods, during mass burials in Chitwan, Nepal, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)Row of bodies of flash flood victims are laid for mass burial in Kathmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)Residents carry their belongings salvaged from their damaged homes filled with mud and debris in Devighat, in Nepal’s Nuwakot district, Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026, following the Aug. 26 flash floods. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)Sahas Pyakurel, whose mother remain missing and is presumed dead following flash floods, performs rituals during symbolic last rites on the banks of the swollen Trishuli River in Nepal’s Nuwakot district, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)A drone view of the aftermath of flash flooding along the Trishuli river amidst fresh water surge warning in the Trishuli Bazaar area of Nuwakot district, Nepal, Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)Army soldiers help a family disembark from a helicopter after they are rescued from an area affected by flash flooding in Nepal’s Nuwakot district, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)Rescuers search for the bodies in a building along the river Trishuli following flash floods in Nepal’s Nuwakot district, Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)A drone view shows rescue workers inspect the area and damaged structures following recent flash flooding along the Trishuli River in the Devighat area of Nuwakot district, Nepal, Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)Relatives comfort Jantari Gurung, whose husband is missing, as she looks at photographs of people killed in flash floods displayed outside a government hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)Hospital staff transport the body of a flash flood victim from an ambulance to a government hospital mortuary in Kathmandu, Nepal, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)A view of a home damaged by flash flooding in the Devighat area of the Nuwakot district in Nepal, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)A woman and her child rescued from an area cut off by flash flooding stands for registration in Nepal’s Nuwakot district, Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)A drone view of the aftermath of flash flooding at the confluence of the Trishuli and Tadi rivers in the Devighat area of Nuwakot district, Nepal, Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)A boy looks out from the window of a helicopter after he was rescued from an area which was devastated by flash floods in Trishuli camp Nuwakot district of Nepal, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)People look at photographs of people killed in flash floods displayed outside a government hospital to help relatives identify the victims in Kathmandu, Nepal, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)Rescuers use an earthmover to carry a victim of flash flooding to safety along the Trishuli River in Nepal’s Nuwakot district, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)A girl cries as she waits for news of relatives missing after flash floods in Bidur, Nepal’s Nuwakot district, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)Residents salvage their belongings from damaged houses after flash flooding in the Devighat area of Nuwakot district in Nepal, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)EDS NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT – A body of a victim of a flash flooding lies on the ground along the Trishuli River in Nepal’s Nuwakot district, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)A vehicle is seen in the aftermath of a flash floods in Devighat in the Nuwakot district in Nepal. Thursday, Aug 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)Nepal’s paramilitary force personnel carry the body of a flash flood victim for burial at a mass burial site in Chitwan, Nepal, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
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