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Nepal flood deaths pass 1,000 as hope fades in the search for survivors

By: Janis Mackey Frayer · Dawn Liu · Michael Fiorentino · Surendra Phuyal · Sunil Pandey

1 September 2026 at 13:39

The overwhelming stench of death is crushing hopes that more survivors will be found in this Nepali town devastated by last week’s catastrophic floods.

A poster featuring Kalpana Shrestha’s missing family members.

Workers in white hazmat suits in Bidur, in Nepal’s Nuwakot district, on Tuesday.

The site where unidentified bodies are being buried in Pokhara, Nepal.

Smell of death hangs over rescue efforts in Nepal as deaths pass 1,000

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By: Janis Mackey Frayer · Dawn Liu · Michael Fiorentino · Surendra Phuyal · Sunil Pandey

1 September 2026 at 13:39

The overwhelming stench of death is crushing hopes that more survivors will be found in this Nepalese town devastated by last week’s catastrophic floods.