# Relatives hold cremations without bodies for Nepal’s missing flood victims

https://mins.news/en/item/46708

- Al Jazeera, 2026-09-05 14:40 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2026/9/5/relatives-hold-cremations-without-bodies-for-nepals-missing-flood-victims?traffic_source=rss

> Fewer than one in 10 bodies recovered after Nepal’s deadly floods has been formally identified. As hopes of finding missing relatives fade, families are performing symbolic last rites in Kathmandu using effigies made from sacred kusha grass. Authorities say 1,344 bodies have been recovered, 1,030 temporarily buried and 96 returned after identification.

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