Families seek answers in the final phone signals of relatives missing in floods
Summary
Families of people missing in Nepal’s floods are using the last mobile phone signals to trace where their relatives may have been when communications failed. Telecom operators, police and disaster officials are helping check tower data, which can narrow search areas but cannot confirm whether anyone is alive or dead.
Key Points
- Relatives of missing flood victims are asking telecom companies and police to trace the last active locations of mobile phones.
- Experts say tower-sector data can only show a general direction, not an exact position or the person’s fate.
- Around 2,300 people have reportedly been listed as missing after the floods, according to the disaster authority.
- Nepal Telecom, Ncell and Huawei have been providing assistance through official channels while families seek clues from network data.
