{"id":96843,"date":"2026-08-31T14:28:24","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T14:28:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/nepal-flood-rescue-recovery-efforts-keep-hope-alive-for-desperate-families-as-4200-people-remain-missing\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T14:28:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T14:28:24","slug":"nepal-flood-rescue-recovery-efforts-keep-hope-alive-for-desperate-families-as-4200-people-remain-missing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/nepal-flood-rescue-recovery-efforts-keep-hope-alive-for-desperate-families-as-4200-people-remain-missing\/","title":{"rendered":"Nepal flood rescue recovery efforts keep hope alive for desperate families as 4,200 people remain missing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><em>Kathmandu, Nepal \u2014<\/em>\u00a0Five days after a rocky mountainside and the glacier it supported collapsed near Nepal&#8217;s border with Tibet, <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/nepal-flash-flood-tourists-missing-including-americans\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">unleashing torrents of flash floodwater<\/a><\/span>, mud and debris on the valleys below that swept away everything in their path, rescuers were still searching Monday for reasons to hope.<\/p>\n<p>Over the weekend, a 6-year-old girl was miraculously pulled from the mud-covered rubble, fueling hope that more of the 4,200 people still listed as missing in the wake of the disaster could be found alive.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Nepal&#8217;s national disaster agency said Monday that at least 903 people had been killed, and the fear is that the toll will spiral as recovery efforts continue along the scars carved into the landscape by the raging floods.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But the danger hasn&#8217;t passed. The sacred Trishuli River was <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/nepal-flooding-warning-death-toll-rescue\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">surging again Monday<\/a><\/span>, this time from heavy monsoon rains that have spurred search and rescue teams to try and move even faster to find anyone still alive in the ruins.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed__float-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\" data-ads=\"{\" extrawordcount=\"\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/08\/31\/b44ccb8b-d303-45e0-b0de-027877b47c8a\/thumbnail\/620x476g8\/515fdf011a79ef00379d1d0f4c3e44b9\/nepal-floods-search-rescue.jpg#\" alt=\"nepal-floods-search-rescue.jpg \" height=\"476\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/08\/31\/b44ccb8b-d303-45e0-b0de-027877b47c8a\/thumbnail\/620x476g8\/515fdf011a79ef00379d1d0f4c3e44b9\/nepal-floods-search-rescue.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/08\/31\/b44ccb8b-d303-45e0-b0de-027877b47c8a\/thumbnail\/1240x952g8\/971a959fd12ed8d38ce9899eb4caedae\/nepal-floods-search-rescue.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Nepal Army  soldiers work during a search and rescue operation near the Trishuli  Hydropower Project site, following deadly flash floods and mudslides, in  Rasuwa district, Nepal, in a handout photo obtained by Reuters, Aug. 31, 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Nepal Army\/Handout\/REUTERS<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Samarth Srivastav was among the thousands of people desperately <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/nepal-flood-american-man-missing-family-desperate-for-info\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">hoping a loved one might still emerge<\/a><\/span> from the layers of thick mud and rubble in the Himalayan valleys.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re just trying to hope for good news now,&#8221; Samarth told CBS News from Atlanta.<\/p>\n<p>His father Vivek was on the Nepal-Tibet border when the disaster struck last week.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Samarth said his father joked with him on their last phone call about how steep the river valley walls around him were, saying, &#8220;You know, if I fall down there, like, I&#8217;ll get swept away.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Just hours after the call, a tsunami of glacial ice, water and mud swept away Tibet&#8217;s immigration checkpoint on the border, and Vivek hasn&#8217;t been heard from since.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed__float-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\" data-ads=\"{\" extrawordcount=\"\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/08\/28\/016b3836-fbb7-4930-8210-297549755eaa\/thumbnail\/620x744\/71ee9eab975c30aef23cc34de58a16c3\/gyirong-port-nepal-flood.png#\" alt=\"gyirong-port-nepal-flood.png \" height=\"744\" width=\"620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/08\/28\/016b3836-fbb7-4930-8210-297549755eaa\/thumbnail\/620x744\/71ee9eab975c30aef23cc34de58a16c3\/gyirong-port-nepal-flood.png 1x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">A file Vantor satellite image, above, shows the Gyirong Port border  post facility on the China-Nepal border in April 2024, while another Vantor image taken on Aug. 27, 2026, below, shows the same area after flash floods swept through the valley on the preceding morning.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Satellite images (c) 2026 Vantor\/Getty<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Initially after hearing about it, you know, it was kind of like, okay, you know, maybe by the end of the day, you know? Might hear something back. And then the next day came and we didn&#8217;t hear anything all day. And then more and more,&#8221; he said. &#8220;As the number of missing people on record started to increase and, like, the severity of the situation actually started to hit, you know \u2014 we&#8217;re seeing all these videos pop up on social media of people recording the disaster and everything that actually happened \u2014 I think that&#8217;s when we actually started to get worried and realize that something might actually be wrong. This is actually a really bad situation.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Since then, Samarth said it has been nothing but &#8220;increasing anxiety&#8221; for his family.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We still have the hope that he&#8217;s probably okay \u2014 he&#8217;s able to come back, he&#8217;s probably doing fine out there,&#8221; he said. &#8220;But, it&#8217;s the fact we don&#8217;t know anything yet, is just so scary to us.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed__float-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\" data-ads=\"{\" extrawordcount=\"\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/08\/31\/a961119d-4bca-44fa-baac-b4b40323380c\/thumbnail\/620x349\/c9d692f2d28a9f6bad9eeeecd279c8a4\/cbsn-fusion-americans-with-missing-loved-ones-in-nepal-cling-on-to-hope-after-deadly-floods-thumbnail.jpg#\" alt=\"cbsn-fusion-americans-with-missing-loved-ones-in-nepal-cling-on-to-hope-after-deadly-floods-thumbnail.jpg \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/08\/31\/a961119d-4bca-44fa-baac-b4b40323380c\/thumbnail\/620x349\/c9d692f2d28a9f6bad9eeeecd279c8a4\/cbsn-fusion-americans-with-missing-loved-ones-in-nepal-cling-on-to-hope-after-deadly-floods-thumbnail.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/08\/31\/a961119d-4bca-44fa-baac-b4b40323380c\/thumbnail\/1240x698\/cb1cdbec00f2d8324be825519907a59f\/cbsn-fusion-americans-with-missing-loved-ones-in-nepal-cling-on-to-hope-after-deadly-floods-thumbnail.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Samarth Srivastav is seen with his father Vivek in a family photo, right, while another photo shows a flooded valley in the Nepal-Tibet border area where Vivek was last heard from.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The torrents of floodwater and everything they picked up and carried with them pushed as far as 150 miles away, into neighboring India.<\/p>\n<p>At Nepal&#8217;s biggest hospital, in the capital Kathmandu, an outside wall has been all but covered in posters bearing the photos of bodies recovered from the calamity. Another wall, on a smaller street nearby, was starting to fill up Monday.<\/p>\n<p>They are walls of the unknown dead \u2014   photos of some of the people still likely listed as missing.<\/p>\n<p>Many of the images are deeply disturbing, but desperate family members have no choice but to step up to pore over the grim images, pleading for any information about missing loved ones.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed__float-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\" data-ads=\"{\" extrawordcount=\"\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/08\/31\/52d4b536-3594-4d0a-bebe-162dbeb49719\/thumbnail\/620x413\/0ac46a1d61d2c7d944187b9848f184e4\/nepal-floods-2292289826.jpg#\" alt=\"Families Search For Their Loved Ones Missing In Tibet-Nepal Floods \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" 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lack of any information from officials in Nepal, or at home in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Honestly, I haven&#8217;t really heard as much from the U.S. government,&#8221; he said. &#8220;There&#8217;s not really much else we can do except just, like, sit and pray.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Other American families with loved ones missing told CBS News over the weekend that they want more help from U.S. authorities, as well as the Chinese and Nepalese governments.<\/p>\n<p>One Virginia family told CBS News on Monday they had experienced a rollercoaster of emotions as conflicting information about survivors comes out, and while some members had lost hope that a husband and wife last thought to have been in Tibet could still be found alive, others were determined to wait for confirmation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>So far, Chinese authorities have not confirmed whether any foreign tourists survived the disaster in Tibet.<\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- 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