Flood and Landslide Devastation: Families Search Hospitals for Missing Loved Ones
Summary
Floods and landslides in Bhote Koshi, Trishuli and surrounding areas have left families searching hospitals, barracks and morgues in Kathmandu for missing loved ones. Relatives are pleading for ground searches, faster rescue efforts and help identifying bodies at Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital.
Key Points
- Families of people missing after the Bhote Koshi and Trishuli flood-landslides are searching hospitals, army barracks and morgues in Kathmandu.
- Relatives say several victims, including Quarantine Office staff in Timure and a Nepali Army soldier, are still unaccounted for.
- Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital says 26 bodies have arrived and only four have been identified so far.
- Families are urging authorities to expand searches with technology and on-the-ground teams, not just helicopters.
