Woman searches for kin on Kathmandu hospital boards

A woman scans photographs of missing persons posted outside a hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal, on 28 August 2026, as families desperately seek news of loved ones swept away in the floods. The NDRRMA reported 579 bodies recovered and 1,924 people out of contact by Friday evening.

A man studies a wall of missing-persons photographs pinned outside a Kathmandu hospital on 28 August 2026, one of thousands searching for flood-displaced relatives. According to the NDRRMA, 579 bodies had been recovered and 1,924 individuals remained unaccounted for as of that evening.

Crowds gathered outside a public hospital in Kathmandu on 28 August 2026 to scan photographs of those missing after Nepal's devastating floods and landslides. The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority confirmed 579 fatalities and 1,924 people still out of contact by Friday evening.

Relatives check handwritten registers listing flood-injured persons under treatment at a public hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal, on 28 August 2026, as authorities worked to reunite families separated by the disaster.

People review posted lists of flood-injured patients receiving care at a Kathmandu public hospital on 28 August 2026, as Nepal continued search-and-rescue operations following the country's deadliest floods in recent years.

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