# Nepal begins burying its dead as search for more than 4,200 missing continues

https://mins.news/en/item/38545

- France 24, 2026-08-31 10:33 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/nepal-starts-burying-its-dead-as-search-for-over-4-200-missing-continues

> The combined death toll from the flooding in Nepal and China has exceeded 900, while more than 4,700 people remain missing, including 933 workers at hydropower projects along the river hit by the torrent. With morgues full, Nepal has begun burying unclaimed bodies.

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