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Nepal marks national mourning day

The country held a national day of mourning for victims of devastating glacial floods, as families of missing hydropower workers, feared trapped in tunnels, prayed rescuers might yet find them alive.

A landscape of loss

Deadly flash floods and mudslides along Nepal's Bhotekoshi and Trishuli rivers have claimed lives, damaged homes and infrastructure, displaced communities and left families searching for missing loved ones.

Hope rises amid the devastation

Rescuers faced challenging conditions as search operations after catastrophic floods entered their 12th day, buoyed by the extraordinary rescues of four survivors.

Rescues revive hopes 10 days after deadly flood

Rescuers pulled a Nepali woman alive from her home buried under thick mud and debris when the region was struck by massive flooding 10 days ago.

Miracle rescue after 10 days

Two hydropower workers were pulled alive from a tunnel buried by debris in Nepal, a rare ray of hope on the tenth day of rescue efforts after catastrophic Himalayan flooding.

Families of missing foreigners search for answers

Desperate families of missing foreigners were clinging to hope as they combed hospitals and morgues in search of clues, a week after catastrophic floods tore through Nepal's Himalayan border region.

Homes out of harm’s way

The nation will have to rebuild around 20,000 houses in flood-ravaged areas, authorities said, even as rescuers search for workers trapped in tunnels linked to hydropower projects and thousands remain missing after last week's catastrophe.

Calling for global climate justice

When a wall of icy debris from a glacial collapse on the China-Nepal border tore through his village last week, Pemba Chhring Tamang watched the landscape he had known all his life disappear.

Families hold symbolic funerals for missing flood victims

Local families held symbolic funerals to "liberate the souls" of relatives missing since deadly flash floods swept away their villages and homes in the Himalayan region a week ago.

Glacial collapse tests young PM

THE nation's rapper-turned-prime minister swept to power six months ago promising reform, but his young government now faces its gravest test after a glacial collapse unleashed catastrophe, analysts say.