The death toll in the massive flash floods in Nepal on Thursday rose to 270, as authorities in Nepal race against time to find thousands of missing people, including 288 Indian tourists, in one of the country's worst disasters in recent years.
The floods have damaged 35 motorable bridges, 45 suspension bridges, and 40 km of black-topped road, mainly in central Nepal.
IMAGE: A woman cries as she waits for updates on the whereabouts of her missing family member outside the Maithali barrack, an army training centre, which serves as a primary base to airlift survivors from Rasuwa at Trishuli in Nuwakot district, here and below. Photograph: Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters
Photograph: Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters
IMAGE: A woman injured in deadly floods is shifted to a ward from the emergency unit of a hospital in Kathmandu, here and below. Photograph: Sabrina Dangol/Reuters
Photograph: Sabrina Dangol/Reuters
Photograph: Sabrina Dangol/Reuters
IMAGE: Zoyal Ghale, 8, who was airlifted from Rasuwa, a flash flood-hit area, with no contact of his parents, lies in a stretcher inside a hospital in Trishuli in Nuwakot district. Photograph: Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters
IMAGE: A woman looks through barbed wire as she waits for updates on the whereabouts of her missing family member. Photograph: Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters
IMAGE: A man shows a photo of his missing family members. Photograph: Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters
IMAGE: A woman reacts after seeing her injured relative at a hospital following deadly floods, in Kathmandu. Photograph: Sabrina Dangol/Reuters
IMAGE: Women carry belongings from their damaged homes after a flash flood in Galchhi. Photograph: Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters
IMAGE: A man looks for belongings in a house damaged by a flash flood in Galchhi. Photograph: Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters
IMAGE: People stand on the edge of a broken bridge following a flash flood in Galchhi. Photograph: Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters
IMAGE: Vehicles move past a broken bridge following a flash flood in Galchhi. Photograph: Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters
IMAGE: An autorickshaw drives past a broken bridge following a flash flood in Galchhi. Photograph: Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters
IMAGE: A construction vehicle is buried in the mud following flash floods and a mudslide in Galchhi. Photograph: Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters
IMAGE: Foreign tourists wait in a line to enter Tribhuvan international airport in Kathmandu. Photograph: Monika Malla/Reuters
IMAGE: A combination of satellite images shows the glacier before (top) and after it collapsed (bottom), which, according to an expert, may have triggered flash floods and a mudslide, in Langtang, Nepal, August 24, 2026 and August 26, 2026. Photograph: European Union/Copernicus Sentinel-2 and USGS/Landsat 9/Handout/Reuters
IMAGE: Indian nationals, who were airlifted from Rasuwa district, inside the Maithali barrack. Photograph: Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters
IMAGE: People gather as flood-affected people are brought to Maithali barrack. Photograph: Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters
IMAGE: A man, who was airlifted from Rasuwa district, receives first-aid at a mobile hospital inside the Maithali barrack. Photograph: Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters
IMAGE: People rescued and airlifted from flood-affected areas arrive at Maithali barrack, here and below. Photograph: Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters
Photograph: Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters
IMAGE: A woman reacts as she arrives at a mortuary to identify bodies of victims who died in floods and mudslides in Kathmandu. Photograph: Sabrina Dangol/Reuters
IMAGE: Men paste photographs of victims, who died in flash floods and mudslides, on a gate for identification outside a mortuary in Kathmandu. Photograph: Sabrina Dangol/Reuters
IMAGE: People look at the photographs of victims, who died in floods and mudslides, pasted on a gate for identification outside a mortuary in Kathmandu. Photograph: Sabrina Dangol/Reuters
IMAGE: A drone view of mud covered properties following a flash flood at Trishuli in Nuwakot district, Nepal, August 26, 2026. Photograph: Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters
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