# Families hold symbolic funerals as flood death toll reaches 1,273 and nearly 4,800 remain missing

https://mins.news/en/item/43421

- TRT World, 2026-09-03 09:23 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.trtworld.com/article/54312ec29bac

> In Nepal’s Nuwakot district, families whose relatives are still missing after flash floods have held symbolic funeral rites. The disaster’s death toll has reached 1,273, while nearly 4,800 people remain unaccounted for.

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