Overview
- Rescuers recovered two people alive from a hydroelectric tunnel on September 4 while search operations continue in rugged, damaged terrain.
- Nepal and Chinese authorities put the confirmed combined death toll at about 1,280 and report roughly 5,600 people remain unaccounted for.
- UNICEF says more than 22,000 Nepali children urgently need safe drinking water, sanitation and psychosocial support after schools and services were damaged.
- At least 11 hydropower plants were struck and hundreds of plant workers are missing, complicating access, relief logistics and local electricity supplies.
- Japan has sent experts to help identify victims as many recovered bodies are heavily damaged, and Nepal has declared September 7 a national day of mourning.