skip to contentAdvertisementSome tourists reported missing after the Nepal floods have been found safe, but hundreds of foreign nationals remain unaccounted for.1 min readUpdated: Sep 3, 2026 11:02 PM ISTA drone view shows a damaged residential building along the swollen Trishuli River in the aftermath of flash floods in Nepals Nuwakot district, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026. (AP Photo)01Some missing tourists make contactAt least five foreign nationals previously reported missing have made contact with authorities by phone or email and are safe, according to Nepali officials. They include three Spanish nationals, one Belgian and one American.02590 foreign nationals remain missingNepal has rescued 324 foreign nationals, while about 590 foreign nationals from dozens of countries remain unaccounted for, according to officials.03Five Australians confirmed safeFive Australians previously reported missing have also been confirmed safe, bringing the number of Australians still unaccounted for down from 43 to 38. Australia has also announced that it will send drone operators to Nepal to assist search-and-rescue efforts.04More than 4,200 people remain missingAt least 1,204 people have been killed and more than 4,200 remain missing, according to Nepal’s disaster management agency. More than a week after the disaster, hopes of finding survivors are steadily fading.05Around 900 feared trapped in hydropower plantsNepali authorities estimate that around 900 people are trapped inside six hydropower plants, according to Reuters. Rescue teams are continuing to clear mud and debris from blocked tunnels, with excavators and controlled blasting being used at some sites.06Families turn to a ‘wall of the missing’At Kathmandu’s Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, a “wall of the missing” is covered with photographs of people who disappeared in the floods, alongside images of recovered bodies that have yet to be identified. Families visit the wall looking for information and post photographs and contact details of missing relatives.07Some families hold symbolic funeralsSome families have begun holding symbolic funerals for relatives who remain missing, using straw effigies in place of their bodies. In Nuwakot, relatives have performed final rites for missing family members, while families at Kathmandu’s Pashupatinath Temple have also cremated straw effigies.08Authorities preserve DNA of unidentified bodiesNepalese authorities are temporarily burying some recovered bodies until they can be identified. Officials are preserving DNA samples, photographs and other identifying details to help match the remains with missing people and eventually return them to their families.09Glacial collapse thought to have triggered floodsThe disaster began on August 26 after a glacier collapse sent a massive surge of mud, rock and water through mountain valleys along the Nepal-China border. The resulting floods and debris flows swept away homes, roads, bridges and other infrastructure along the Trishuli River valley.10Hundreds of survivors seek shelter in KathmanduAround 400 survivors, mostly from Timure, about 110 km west of Kathmandu, have been staying at the Yellow Gumba monastery in the capital. 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