Coverage dated August 26, 2026 to September 2, 2026

US families with relatives missing in the Nepal-China floods plead for more rescue help

Headline from WHEC Rochester, on the newest of 4 developments

A Virginia family with four relatives missing in the flash floods along the Nepal-China border is calling for more resources to help with rescue efforts. Twenty-seven-year-old Mukti Patel said Friday she would like to bring her father, sister and two other relatives back home.

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  1. Nepal floods: Families gather at overwhelmed morgues in desperate search for loved ones

    Headline from France 24 ·

  2. Rescuers grapple with mountain of challenges after the Nepal-Tibet floods

    Headline from France 24 ·

  3. Families of those missing after Nepal floods struggle to cling to hope

    Headline from CBS News ·

  4. Newest

    US families with relatives missing in the Nepal-China floods plead for more rescue help

    Headline from WHEC Rochester ·

5 reports not tied to one development ·

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  1. Catholic Online

    98 Dead, Hundreds Missing After Catastrophic Himalayan Flood (opens Catholic Online)

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    Catholic Online's feed description

    At least 98 people are dead and hundreds remain missing after catastrophic flash floods devastated communities along the Nepal-China border. Pilgrims and foreign travelers are among those unaccounted for as rescue efforts continue across the Himalayan region.

  2. WFMZ Allentown

    Desperate families search for missing after Nepal floods (opens WFMZ Allentown)

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    WFMZ Allentown's feed description

    Anxious relatives crowded the corridors of a Kathmandu hospital Thursday as they searched for missing family after devastating floods on the Nepal-Tibet border killed at least 165 people.

  3. BBC News

    'The flood took everything': Nepal survivors describe horror of loved ones being swept away (opens BBC News)

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    BBC News's feed description

    One woman says her father, mother, sister and sister's children were carried away before her eyes.

  4. Al Jazeera

    ‘Swept away’: Nepal families search for relatives after devastating floods (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    About 180 people have been killed and 1,400 are missing, with numbers expected to rise significantly.

  5. NBC News

    Families fear for missing loved ones as Nepal floods leave trail of destruction (opens NBC News)

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    NBC News's feed description

    A New York couple traveling to Mount Kailash is among 65 Americans missing after a catastrophic flood along the Nepal-Tibet border.

  6. Independent Journal Review

    Nepal-Tibet Floods From Glacier Collapse (opens Independent Journal Review)

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    Independent Journal Review's feed description

    Amid catastrophic floods in Nepal, the Nepal Army rescued a Bihar family and ongoing operations highlight the scale of devastation with hundreds dead and thousands missing. Meanwhile, a German family of four narrowly escaped disaster after altering trekking plans, were airlifted to safety as bridges…

  7. Al Jazeera

    Nepal-Tibet flood: Families of missing people endure agonising wait (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    Families are waiting for news of their loved ones as rescue teams race to reach survivors of the Nepal-Tibet flash flood

  8. France 24

    Rescuers grapple with mountain of challenges after the Nepal-Tibet floods (opens France 24)

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    France 24's feed description

    Emergency services are rushing to find survivors and treat the wounded after a devastating flash flood on the border of Nepal and Tibet on Wednesday killed more than 500 people, with over a thousand still missing.

  9. Al Jazeera

    Nepali families pray for miracles with relatives missing after flood (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    At a Kathmandu hospital, families peer at lists of those who are critical, dead — or have been released.

  10. France 24

    Nepal: Families cling to hope as nearly 1,000 remain missing (opens France 24)

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    France 24's feed description

    Nepal's confirmed death toll has risen to at least 538, but families are still searching hospitals and disaster zones in the hope their loved ones will be found alive, with nearly 1,000 people still missing.

  11. Philadelphia Inquirer

    Virginia family with 4 relatives missing in the Nepal-China floods pleads for more rescue help (opens Philadelphia Inquirer)

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    Philadelphia Inquirer's feed description

    A Virginia family with four relatives missing in the flash floods along the Nepal-China border is calling for more resources to help with rescue efforts

  12. WRIC Richmond

    Richmond family with 4 relatives missing in Nepal-China floods pleads for more rescue help (opens WRIC Richmond)

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    WRIC Richmond's feed description

    Mukti Patel has huddled with family and friends at her parents' Richmond home since her dad, sister and two other relatives went missing in the catastrophic flash floods along the Nepal-China border.

  13. NBC Los Angeles

    U.S. families with relatives missing in the Nepal-China floods plead for more rescue help (opens NBC Los Angeles)

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    NBC Los Angeles's feed description

    Nepalese policemen watch as earthmovers clear the debris of flash flooding in Nepal’s Nuwakot district, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026.

  14. WHEC Rochester

    US families with relatives missing in the Nepal-China floods plead for more rescue help (opens WHEC Rochester)

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    WHEC Rochester's feed description

    A Virginia family with four relatives missing in the flash floods along the Nepal-China border is calling for more resources to help with rescue efforts. Twenty-seven-year-old Mukti Patel said Friday she would like to bring her father, sister and two other relatives back home.

  15. WAVY Norfolk

    Virginia family with relatives missing in the Nepal-China floods plead for more rescue help (opens WAVY Norfolk)

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    WAVY Norfolk's feed description

    RELATED VIDEO: Virginia Beach-based Operation Blessing deploys to Nepal following catastrophic flash floods. Mukti Patel has huddled with family and friends at her parents' Richmond, Virginia, home since her dad, sister and two other relatives went missing in the catastrophic flash floods along the …

  16. New York Post

    US families with relatives missing in the Nepal-China floods plead for more rescue help: ‘We don’t know anything’ (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    A Baltimore-based tour company, Himalayan Glacier Adventure and Travel Company, reports all 47 members of its excursion group are missing.

  17. Sun Times

    Suburban Chicago family devastated after woman goes missing in Nepal amid flash floods (opens Sun Times)

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    Sun Times's feed description

    A suburban family is clinging to hope as they search for their loved one who went missing in the catastrophic flash floods in Nepal on Wednesday. Poonam Dilipkumar Thakkar, 42, left her home in Bartlett for Nepal last Thursday for a “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity” to visit Mount Kailash.

  18. Al Jazeera

    Nepal’s flood survivors search for missing loved ones (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    A young girl is pulled alive from the rubble as rescuers search for survivors and families for missing loved ones.

  19. KBRW

    Families of pilgrims likely caught in floods are desperate for news from Nepal (opens KBRW)

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    KBRW's feed description

    Four days after catastrophic floods wiped out villages along the Nepal-China border, thousands are still missing. Families look for answers but hear nothing.

  20. CBS News

    Families of those missing after Nepal floods struggle to cling to hope (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    As the death toll from the Nepal floods surges over 900, some Americans with loved ones among the 4,000 people missing are still hoping for miracles.

  21. CBS News

    Americans with missing loved ones in Nepal cling on to hope after deadly floods (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    Several American families are awaiting news on their loved ones who may have been impacted by the massive floods in Nepal. CBS News' Ramy Inocencio reports.

  22. PBS NewsHour

    Families desperately search for loved ones swept away in Nepal floods (opens PBS NewsHour)

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    PBS NewsHour's feed description

    Authorities in Nepal continued mass burials after catastrophic floods roared down high mountain valleys in a vast torrent of destruction. The death toll is now over 1,000 people, with thousands still missing.

  23. Crosscut

    Families search for loved ones swept away in Nepal floods (opens Crosscut)

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    Crosscut's feed description

    Families desperately search for loved ones swept away in Nepal floods

  24. France 24

    Nepal floods: Families gather at overwhelmed morgues in desperate search for loved ones (opens France 24)

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    France 24's feed description

    In Nepal, the hope of finding survivors is fading daily. Bodies are piling up in morgues, and storage capacity is reaching its limit. Authorities are beginning to bury the remains after DNA samples are taken and an identification number is assigned.

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