Nepal intensifies rescue and recovery efforts two weeks after devastating flash floods
Source Summary
Two weeks after flash floods struck Nepal, rescue operations continue as death and missing person counts rise. Hundreds of photographs of missing people are displayed at Kathmandu's public hospital and outside a military base in Bidur, with families seeking information about their loved ones. Helicopter flights remain the primary means of reaching remote areas cut off by the disaster, while civil society and Generation Z volunteers support humanitarian efforts.
Why it matters
The ongoing rescue and recovery operation demonstrates the scale of the disaster and the urgent humanitarian need to locate survivors and identify victims in areas made inaccessible by the flooding.
