Each development's figures are its own. We do not add them up: reports of one story often repeat the same people.
- Nepal calls off disaster rescue activities with 5,285 still missing
10 Sep · Consequence · Nepal · Survival · Catastrophic
at least 1,400 killed (UN News, 9 Oct); 6,145 missing (IPS News, 12 Oct); at least 1,000 displaced (IPS News, 25 Sep); about 33,000 lost essential services (BBC World, 6 Oct)
Six weeks after Nepal’s floods and landslides, thousands of families are still missing homes, income and school access as aid continues for survivors and isolated villages.
- Nepal’s deadly glacier flood a ‘defining moment’ for the international community
22 Oct · Analysis · Nepal · Survival · Catastrophic
at least 1,500 killed (UN News, 22 Oct); 5,600 missing (UN News, 22 Oct)
A flash flood in Nepal on 26 August killed more than 1,500 people and left 5,600 missing, with bridges, schools and homes destroyed and recovery still underway.
- How a hero principal who saved hundreds of pupils from the Nepal floods is rebuilding broken lives
23 Oct · Human story · Nepal · Survival · Moderate
2 killed (The National, 23 Oct); 3 injured or sick (The National, 23 Oct); 900 received aid (The National, 23 Oct)
In flood-hit Nuwakot, Nepal, a school has reopened in tents so 1,621 pupils can keep studying after the disaster killed two staff and destroyed homes and school buildings.
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