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Nepal Marks Mourning After August Floods Kill 1,300+

9/7/2026

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Summary

Story summary

Nepal held a national day of mourning on Monday, the 13th day after the August 26 floods.
The floods killed more than 1,300 people in Nepal and Tibet and left about 5,000 missing.
Rescue teams saved four people, including a Chinese national and two Nepali hydropower workers.
President Ram Chandra Paudel toured flood-hit areas on Monday to assess damage.

History

Historical Context

August 2022 monsoon rains and glacier melt caused Pakistan’s deadliest flood since 2010, killing 1,739 people and inflicting about US$40 billion in damage. The disaster echoed the 2020 South Asian floods and led the Asian Development Bank to allocate $500 million for resilient hydropower and early-warning systems, while climate-change concerns spurred Pakistan’s loss-and-damage push at COP27.

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Story summary

Nepal held a national day of mourning on Monday, the 13th day after the August 26 floods.
The floods killed more than 1,300 people in Nepal and Tibet and left about 5,000 missing.
Rescue teams saved four people, including a Chinese national and two Nepali hydropower workers.
President Ram Chandra Paudel toured flood-hit areas on Monday to assess damage.

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