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Nepal Flash Floods Leave Several Dead; India Offers Emergency Relief
The Hindu1h
THE BRIEF
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Torrential flash floods in Nepal's Tibet border region on August 26, 2026, have left at least nine people dead and 384 travellers missing, including 105 Indian nationals.
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The Indian Embassy has provided emergency contact numbers +977 985 131 6807 and +977 970 910 7500, while the Sashastra Seema Bal has deployed 18 teams for border rescue operations.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has offered humanitarian assistance to Nepal, and the NDRF is being mobilised to support Bihar as authorities monitor river basins in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.