Flash floods in Nepal’s Rasuwa and Nuwakot districts leave large numbers missing, including nearly 600 children, and the death toll rises to 1,282. Nepal Police report that security forces are conducting searches for people reported missing across affected areas.
Outlets broadly agree on the scale of the disaster—hundreds of children missing and thousands unaccounted for—while reporting some differences in emphasis. The Hindu highlights the missing figures and cites a figure of 4,798 people missing from different areas. India Today focuses on the children who are unaccounted for in Rasuwa and Nuwakot. Business Line adds details on the recovery of bodies by district and the wider missing count, stating more than 4,700 people remain unaccounted for, alongside the rising toll.
Across reporting, the situation is described as ongoing, with search and rescue operations continuing and casualty numbers expected to change as more information becomes available.
