When the monsoon turned catastrophic along Nepal's border with Tibet, it did not merely reshape the land — it scattered lives across continents, leaving families in Australia, Nepal, and beyond suspended in the agonising space between hope and grief. Forty-one Australians remain unaccounted for amid a disaster that has claimed some 600 lives and left nearly 2,000 people missing, yet one young woman's long walk toward Kathmandu reminds us that survival, when it comes, arrives on foot and against the odds. Governments mobilise, aid flows, and diplomats confer — but the deeper work is being done
41 Australians missing in Nepal floods as Canberra deploys crisis teams
Approximately 600 people confirmed dead with 1,924 unaccounted for; 41 Australians missing and up to 93,000 people affected by the flooding.