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Relatives search for missing loved ones at the National Trauma Centre in Kathmandu, Nepal, on September 1, 2026, one week after devastating flash floods struck areas near the Nepal-China border. Injured survivors are brought to the hospital for medical treatment, while the bodies of victims are also received for identification. Family members look through photographs, some damaged by rain and floodwater, in the hope of locating missing relatives, while others share photographs and personal information with hospital staff and police. The hospital is gathering information from families and coordinating with authorities as search and identification efforts continue..The catastrophic floods struck on August 26, sweeping through Rasuwa and Nuwakot districts, destroying homes, roads, bridges and other infrastructure and burying settlements under mud and debris before surging downstream along the river system. Families continue to gather at hospitals and other locations across Kathmandu, desperately seeking information about loved ones who remain unaccounted for. As of September 1, authorities reported 987 people dead and 3,916 people missing in Nepal following one of the country's deadliest flood disasters