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An elderly resident displaced by recent flash floods walks past houses destroyed by the flooding in Nepal's Nuwakot district, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

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KEYPIX - Parvati Taman, whose house was destroyed in recent flash floods, feeds her daughter Krishna Taman outside their temporary shelter on higher ground near Betrawati, Nepal, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026. (KEYSTONE/AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

A boy, whose house was destroyed by recent flash floods, returns to his temporary shelter on higher ground near Betrawati, Nepal, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

Residents use a zipline to commute across the Trishuli river on a newly installed zipline in the aftermath of flash floods on the banks of Trishuli river in Devighat, Nuwakot district, Nepal, Monday, Sept. 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

A Nepalese Armed Police Force personnel checks for signs of survivors inside a house damaged by flash floods in Dhunge, Nuwakot district, Nepal, Monday, Sept. 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Residents commute across the Trishuli river on a newly installed zipline in the aftermath of flash floods in Devighat, Nuwakot district, Nepal, Monday, Sept. 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

NEPAL FLASH FLOODS

epa13219023 A flood-affected area in Devighat, Nuwakot district, Nepal, 07 September 2026. Nepal is observing a national day of mourning on 07 September on the 13th day following devastating flash floods. More than 1,200 people have been killed, and over 4,000 remain missing across northern Nepal after a glacial collapse and avalanche-triggered flash floods and mudslides along the Bhotekoshi and Trishuli river valleys near the Nepal-Tibet border, causing widespread destruction to settlements and infrastructure, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA). EPA/NARENDRA SHRESTHA

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KEYPIX - epa13219024 A man walks in a flood-affected area in Devighat, Nuwakot district, Nepal, 07 September 2026. Nepal is observing a national day of mourning on 07 September on the 13th day following devastating flash floods. More than 1,200 people have been killed, and over 4,000 remain missing across northern Nepal after a glacial collapse and avalanche-triggered flash floods and mudslides along the Bhotekoshi and Trishuli river valleys near the Nepal-Tibet border, causing widespread destruction to settlements and infrastructure, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA). (KEYSTONE/EPA/NARENDRA SHRESTHA)

NEPAL FLASH FLOODS

epa13219015 Local people conduct search and rescue operation at Dunge, Nuwakot district, Nepal, 07 September 2026. Nepal is observing a national day of mourning on 07 September on the 13th day following devastating flash floods. More than 1,200 people have been killed, and over 4,000 remain missing across northern Nepal after a glacial collapse and avalanche-triggered flash floods and mudslides along the Bhotekoshi and Trishuli river valleys near the Nepal-Tibet border, causing widespread destruction to settlements and infrastructure, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA). EPA/NARENDRA SHRESTHA

NEPAL FLASH FLOODS

epa13219017 Local people conduct search and rescue operation at Dunge, Nuwakot district, Nepal, 07 September 2026. Nepal is observing a national day of mourning on 07 September on the 13th day following devastating flash floods. More than 1,200 people have been killed, and over 4,000 remain missing across northern Nepal after a glacial collapse and avalanche-triggered flash floods and mudslides along the Bhotekoshi and Trishuli river valleys near the Nepal-Tibet border, causing widespread destruction to settlements and infrastructure, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA). EPA/NARENDRA SHRESTHA

Buddhist monks perform rituals and prayers for victims of the recent flash floods in the Dhunge area of district Nuwakot, Nepal, Monday, Sept. 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

NEPAL FLASH FLOODS

epa13218969 People use a temporary cable bridge, locally known as the Twin Cross, to cross over the Trishuli River following flash floods at Devighat in Nuwakot district, Nepal,07 September 2026. Nepal is observing a national day of mourning on 07 September on the 13th day following devastating flash floods. More than 1,200 people have been killed, and over 4,000 remain missing across northern Nepal after a glacial collapse and avalanche-triggered flash floods and mudslides along the Bhotekoshi and Trishuli river valleys near the Nepal-Tibet border, causing widespread destruction to settlements and infrastructure, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA). EPA/NARENDRA SHRESTHA

Buddhist monks perform rituals and prayers for victims of the recent flash floods in Dhunge area of district Nuwakot, Nepal, Monday, Sept. 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Su Pengcheng, researcher at the Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in Chengdu, speaks as he holds a map showing the border between China and Nepal, at a press conference about the August 26 mudslide at the Gyirong Port, in Shigatse, Tibet Autonomous Region, China, Sunday, Sept. 6, 2026. (Tingshu Wang/Pool Photo via AP)

Flowers are placed on mud as a tribute at the core disaster-hit area at Gyirong Port amid rescue efforts following the August 26 mudslide, during an organized media tour in Shigatse, Tibet Autonomous Region, China, Sunday, Sept. 6, 2026. (Tingshu Wang/Pool Photo via AP)

Rescue workers stand guard at the core disaster-hit area at Gyirong Port amid rescue efforts following the August 26 mudslide, during an organised media tour in Shigatse, Tibet Autonomous Region, China Sept. 6, 2026. (Tingshu Wang/Pool Photo via AP)

Rescue workers conduct search and rescue operations at the core disaster-hit area at Gyirong Port during an organised media tour in Shigatse, Tibet Autonomous Region, China, Sunday Sept. 6, 2026. (Tingshu Wang/Pool Photo via AP)

Buddhist monks offer prayers for the departed soul of the victims of flash flood on the bank of Trishuli river in Devighat, Nuwakot district, Nepal, Saturday, Sept. 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Residents commute across the Trishuli river on a newly installed zipline in the aftermath of flash floods at Bidur, Nuwakot district, Nepal, Saturday, Sept. 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

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Nepalese devotees perform rituals at Kaal Bhairav temple near Basantapur Durbar Square in Katmandu, Nepal, Saturday, Sept. 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

NEPAL FLASH FLOODS

A young Nepali boy watches as people light candles during a candlelight vigil for victims of the floods in Nepal and Tibet, at Durbar Square in Kathmandu, Nepal, Saturday, Sept. 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

A young girl with her parents commute across the Trishuli river on a newly installed zipline in the aftermath of flash floods at Bidur, Nuwakot district, Nepal, Saturday, Sept. 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

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KEYPIX - epa13213688 People walk through a flood-affected area in Devighat, Nuwakot district, Nepal, 05 September 2026. More than 1,000 people have been killed and more than 4,000 remain missing across northern Nepal after a glacial collapse and avalanche-triggered flash floods and mudslides along the Bhotekoshi and Trishuli river valleys near the Nepal-Tibet border, causing widespread destruction to settlements and infrastructure, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA). EPA/NARENDRA SHRSTHA

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KEYPIX - A young girl with her parents commute across the Trishuli river on a newly installed zipline in the aftermath of flash floods at Bidur, Nuwakot district, Nepal, Saturday, Sept. 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

NEPAL FLASH FLOODS RECONSTURCTION

epa13213676 People walk through a flood-affected area in Devighat, Nuwakot district, Nepal, 05 September 2026. More than 1,000 people have been killed and more than 4,000 remain missing across northern Nepal after a glacial collapse and avalanche-triggered flash floods and mudslides along the Bhotekoshi and Trishuli river valleys near the Nepal-Tibet border, causing widespread destruction to settlements and infrastructure, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA). EPA/NARENDRA SHRSTHA

NEPAL FLASH FLOODS RECONSTURCTION

epa13213683 A person walks through a flood-affected area in Devighat, Nuwakot district, Nepal, 05 September 2026. More than 1,000 people have been killed and more than 4,000 remain missing across northern Nepal after a glacial collapse and avalanche-triggered flash floods and mudslides along the Bhotekoshi and Trishuli river valleys near the Nepal-Tibet border, causing widespread destruction to settlements and infrastructure, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA). EPA/NARENDRA SHRSTHA

NEPAL FLASH FLOODS AFTERMATH

epa13210599 An aerial view of army personnel searching for survivors in a Trishuli- 3A hydropower project tunnel following flash floods in Rasuwa district, Nepal, 04 September 2026. Two people were rescued alive from a hydropower tunnel more than a week after an avalanche-triggered flash flood devastated river valleys along the Nepal-Tibet border, according to local authorities. EPA/NARENDRA SHRESTHA

NEPAL FLASH FLOOD

epa13210537 A handout photo made available by the Nepal Army shows army personnel searching for survivors in a hydropower tunnel following flash floods in Rasuwa district, Nepa, 04 September 2026. Two people were rescued from a hydropower tunnel after an avalanche-triggered flash flood devastated river valleys along the Nepal-Tibet border, according to local authorities. EPA/NEPAL ARMY HANDOUT HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALESHANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES

NEPAL FLASH FLOODS AFTERMATH

epa13210622 Nepalese army rescue workers search for survivors in a Trishuli- 3A hydropower project tunnel following flash floods in Rasuwa district, Nepal, 04 September 2026. Two people were rescued alive from a hydropower tunnel more than a week after an avalanche-triggered flash flood devastated river valleys along the Nepal-Tibet border, according to local authorities. EPA/NARENDRA SHRESTHA

NEPAL FLASH FLOODS AFTERMATH

epa13210627 A worker rescued from the Trishuli hydropower tunnel in Rasuwa district is brought to the Trishuli air base by the Nepali Army and other officials during rescue operations in Nuwakot, Nepal, 04 September 2026. Two people were rescued alive from a hydropower tunnel more than a week after an avalanche-triggered flash flood devastated river valleys along the Nepal-Tibet border, according to local authorities. EPA/NARENDRA SHRESTHA

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KEYPIX - epa13210530 A rescued worker from the Trishuli hydropower tunnel in Rasuwa district is brought to the Trishuli air base by the Nepali Army and other officials during rescue operations in Nuwakot, Nepal, 04 September 2026. Two people were rescued alive from a hydropower tunnel more than a week after an avalanche-triggered flash flood devastated river valleys along the Nepal-Tibet border, according to local authorities. EPA/Narendra Shrestha

NEPAL FLASH FLOODS

In this photo provided by the Nepal Army, soldiers rescue a worker alive from a tunnel during an ongoing operation at the Trishuli-3A hydropower project in Nepal's Rasuwa district, Friday, Sept. 4, 2026. (Nepal Army via AP)

NEPAL FLASH FLOODS

A drone view shows houses damaged by flash floods surrounded by sludge, mud and debris along the swollen Trishuli River in Devighat, Nepal, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

NEPAL FLASH FLOODS

A drone view shows a damaged residential building along the swollen Trishuli River in the aftermath of flash floods in Nepal's Nuwakot district, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

NEPAL FLASH FLOODS

Children displaced by recent flash floods spend time inside a classroom at a school turned into a shelter in Nuwakot district, Nepal, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

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KEYPIX - epa13208761 A person reacts in front of photographs of missing people following flash floods at the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH) in Kathmandu, Nepal, 03 September 2026. Hundreds of bereaved families are performing the ninth-day ritual using kusha grass as a symbolic representation of the deceased, as part of traditional funeral rites for those who believe their missing family members are no longer alive. More than 1,000 people have been killed, and more than 4,000 remain missing across northern Nepal after a glacial collapse and avalanche-triggered flash floods and mudslides along the Bhotekoshi and Trishuli river valleys near the Nepal-Tibet border, causing widespread destruction to settlements and infrastructure, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA). EPA/NARENDRA SHRSTHA

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KEYPIX - epa13208746 Sons of Ganesh Nepali, who lost his life in the flash floods, perform a last rite ritual during the cremation at the Pashupati cremation center in Kathmandu, Nepal, 03 September 2026. Nepali's family, along with hundreds of other bereaved families, perform the ninth-day ritual using kusha grass as a symbolic representation of the deceased, as traditional funeral rites continue following the flash floods. More than 1,000 people have been killed and more than 4,000 remain missing across northern Nepal after a glacial collapse and avalanche-triggered flash floods and mudslides along the Bhotekoshi and Trishuli river valleys near the Nepal-Tibet border, causing widespread destruction to settlements and infrastructure, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA). EPA/NARENDRA SHRSTHA

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People wait to board a trolley on a zip line constructed to transport stranded citizens across the Trishuli river following flash floods, in Nepal's Nuwakot district, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

NEPAL FLASH FLOODS

Residents commute across the Trishuli river on a newly installed zipline in the aftermath of flash floods at Bidur in Nepal's Nuwakot district, Nepal, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

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KEYPIX - Residents pull a newly installed zipline to help people commute across the Trishuli river in the aftermath of flash floods at Bidur in Nepal's Nuwakot district, Nepal, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

epa13206376 School children (L-R) Prasamsha Magarati, 13, and Binita Namtel, 11, walk towards the Shree Bageshwari Secondary School, also known as Bageswari Madhyamik Vidhyalaya, following a catastrophic glacial lake outburst flood in Baireni Bazar, Dhading district, Nepal, 31 August 2026 (issued 02 September 2026). The students were at the school when the flooding occurred and returned to collect belongings they had left behind. More than 1,000 people were killed, and thousands remain missing across northern Nepal after a glacial collapse and avalanche-triggered flash floods and mudslides along the Bhotekoshi and Trishuli river valleys near the Nepal-Tibet border, causing widespread destruction to settlements and infrastructure, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA). EPA/SURYAMS UPRETI AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND OUT

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KEYPIX - epa13206315 A woman sits on the roadside near buildings and communities impacted by a glacial flood near the Nepal-China border that killed hundreds, in Trishuli Bazar, Nuwakot, Nepal, 31 August 2026 (issued 02 September 2026). More than 1,000 people were killed, and thousands remain missing across northern Nepal after a glacial collapse and avalanche-triggered flash floods and mudslides along the Bhotekoshi and Trishuli river valleys near the Nepal-Tibet border, causing widespread destruction to settlements and infrastructure, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA). (KEYSTONE/EPA/SURYAMS UPRETI) AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND OUT

epa13206310 A man sits in front of a building impacted by a glacial flood near the Nepal-China border that killed hundreds, in Trishuli Bazar, Nuwakot, Nepal, 31 August 2026 (issued 02 September 2026). More than 1,000 people were killed, and thousands remain missing across northern Nepal after a glacial collapse and avalanche-triggered flash floods and mudslides along the Bhotekoshi and Trishuli river valleys near the Nepal-Tibet border, causing widespread destruction to settlements and infrastructure, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA). EPA/SURYAMS UPRETI AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND OUT

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KEYPIX - People whose relatives remain missing following flash floods perform symbolic funeral rites on the banks of the swollen Trishuli River in Nepal's Nuwakot district, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026. (KEYSTONE/AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

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KEYPIX - People whose relatives remain missing following flash floods perform symbolic funeral rites on the banks of the swollen Trishuli River in Nepal's Nuwakot district, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026. (KEYSTONE/AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

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KEYPIX - epa13206253 People gather to provide DNA samples to assist in identifying victims following a catastrophic glacial flood, at the Nepal Police Hospital in Panipokhari, Kathmandu, Nepal, 02 September 2026. More than 1,000 people were killed, and thousands remain missing across northern Nepal after a glacial collapse and avalanche-triggered flash floods and mudslides along the Bhotekoshi and Trishuli river valleys near the Nepal-Tibet border, causing widespread destruction to settlements and infrastructure, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA). (KEYSTONE/EPA/SURYAMS UPRETI) AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND OUT

epa13206246 People gather to provide DNA samples to assist in identifying victims following a catastrophic glacial flood, at the Nepal Police Hospital in Panipokhari, Kathmandu, Nepal, 02 September 2026. More than 1,000 people were killed, and thousands remain missing across northern Nepal after a glacial collapse and avalanche-triggered flash floods and mudslides along the Bhotekoshi and Trishuli river valleys near the Nepal-Tibet border, causing widespread destruction to settlements and infrastructure, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA). EPA/SURYAMS UPRETI AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND OUT

epa13206254 People gather to provide DNA samples to assist in identifying victims following a catastrophic glacial flood, at the Nepal Police Hospital in Panipokhari, Kathmandu, Nepal, 02 September 2026. More than 1,000 people were killed, and thousands remain missing across northern Nepal after a glacial collapse and avalanche-triggered flash floods and mudslides along the Bhotekoshi and Trishuli river valleys near the Nepal-Tibet border, causing widespread destruction to settlements and infrastructure, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA). EPA/SURYAMS UPRETI AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND OUT

epa13206245 DNA samples used to identify bodies are placed in trays following a catastrophic glacial flood, at the Nepal Police Hospital in Panipokhari, Kathmandu, Nepal, 02 September 2026. More than 1,000 people were killed, and thousands remain missing across northern Nepal after a glacial collapse and avalanche-triggered flash floods and mudslides along the Bhotekoshi and Trishuli river valleys near the Nepal-Tibet border, causing widespread destruction to settlements and infrastructure, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA). EPA/SURYAMS UPRETI AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND OUT

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KEYPIX - Row of bodies of flash flood victims are laid for mass burial in Kathmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

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A Nepal police officer prepares to load the bodies of flash flood victims from a morgue into an ambulance for transport to a mass burial site in Kathmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026.(AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

NEPAL FLASH FLOOD

A Nepalese Army soldier prepares for the mass burial of flash flood victims in Kathmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

NEPAL FLASH FLOODS

Nepal police personnel prepare the bodies of flash flood victims for a mass burial in Kathmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

NEPAL FLASH FLOODS

Identification number tags for bodies are seen at mass burial of flash flood victim in Kathmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

NEPAL FLASH FLOODS

Nepal police personnel prepare the bodies of flash flood victims for a mass burial in Kathmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

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KEYPIX - Nepal police personnel bury the bodies of flash flood victims in a mass grave in Kathmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026. (KEYSTONE/AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

NEPAL FLASH FLOODS

A drone view shows rescue workers inspecting damaged structures amid sludge, debris and landslides in the aftermath of flash flooding along the Trishuli River in the Devighat area of Nepal's Nuwakot district, Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

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KEYPIX - A resident salvages usable material from his house damaged by flash flooding at 1 Number Pul, in Nepal's Nuwakot district, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026. (KEYSTONE/AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

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KEYPIX - A hibiscus flower blooms from a muddy stem covered in silt in the aftermath of flash floods in Dhading District, Nepal, Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026. (KEYSTONE/AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

NEPAL FLOODS CULTURE

Survivors rest in a monastery where hundreds have sought refuge in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

NEPAL FLASH FLOODS

Relatives console Muna Khadka, center, who lost her son Aayush Khada in flash floods, at a cremation ground in Chitwan, Nepal, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin) CORRECTION: Corrects to clarify that this was at a separate cremation ground and not during a mass burial.

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A survivor hugs another at a monastery where people sought refuge in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

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KEYPIX - A resident salvages his belongings from his house filled with mud and debris in Devighat in Nepal's Nuwakot district, Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026, following the Aug. 26 flash floods. (KEYSTONE/AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

NEPAL FLASH FLOODS

A resident searches for belongings in his damaged house after flash flooding in the Devighat area of Nuwakot district, Nepal, Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)