Ten days after flash floods tore through the Nepal-Tibet border on August 26, the full weight of the disaster continues to reveal itself — 275 Indian nationals remain unaccounted for, Nepal's death toll has surpassed 1,294, and thousands more are still missing across a region where rivers have rewritten the landscape. In the darkness of mud-filled hydropower tunnels, rescuers from India and Nepal press forward together, embodying the ancient understanding that catastrophe, in its indifference to borders, demands that neighbors become one another's keepers.
275 Indians missing in Nepal floods as rescue efforts intensify
275 Indian nationals missing; Nepal's death toll at 1,294 with 5,053 missing; hundreds of workers trapped in hydropower tunnels; 169 Indians rescued including a five-year-old.