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Copters race to the rescue

Rescuers from Nepal's military reached an area hit by a flash flood the previous day.

Villages evacuated ahead of Budhi Gandaki river flooding

Residents along the Budhi Gandaki river in evacuated as flash flooding destroyed homes and other structures in the area.

Shorter wait to declare missing victims dead

The president has shortened the waiting period to declare missing disaster victims dead from 12 years to about 1.5 months, as thousands remain unaccounted for following the Himalayan country's devas­tating flood.

Displaced flood survivors still waiting for promised houses

Every day, Shanti Dangol stares down at Nepal's Trishuli River from her makeshift shelter, searching for traces of the home she lost and wondering when she will have a roof over her head again.

Farmers under monkey siege

Monkeys are beco­ming one of the most persistent and destructive enemies of farmers in Nepal.

Search ends for 5,000 flood victims

THE country announ­ced its intention to cease search and rescue operations for victims of the Aug 26 flood that killed at least 1,455 people with thousands more still missing.

Rescuers recover all but one worker buried in avalanche

At least 15 workers were killed when an avalanche buried a mountain camp that they were preparing for foreign climbers, a rescue official said, in the deadliest incident of the autumn climbing season, which ends this month.

Grim puzzle to identify flood dead

Clutching a photograph of his missing son, Rajesh Ram is pinning his hopes on DNA testing, like thousands of others desperately seeking relatives swept away by the country's catas­trophic Himalayan floods.

Avalanche buries base camp

Rescue teams searched for a dozen people swept away by an avalanche that killed at least two others on a Nepalese mountain during severe weather.

More grants, not loans, says leader after floods

Prime Minister Balendra Shah called for grant-based international support at the United Nations General Assembly to help the Himalayan nation recover from the glacier flood that killed at least 1,450 people.