Overview
- A fast-moving surge of ice, rock and water from a high‑altitude bedrock or glacial collapse on Aug. 26 has left 1,453 bodies recovered and about 5,600 people still listed as missing, officials say.
- Search teams continue to clear mud-filled hydropower tunnels and remote valleys, and hundreds of hydropower workers remain unaccounted for after project sites were swept away.
- DNA testing and forensic identification are heavily backlogged, only 112 bodies have been returned to families, and international experts from several countries are assisting the effort.
- Nearly 33,000 people have been affected, roughly 7,500 homes were damaged or destroyed, and authorities say rebuilding roads, bridges and power projects will cost about $4.77–4.8 billion.
- Nepal’s leaders have framed the disaster as a climate warning and are pressing the United Nations and donors for technical help and financing to rebuild more climate‑resilient infrastructure.