By Rishav Kothari
Sunday, August 30, 2026 00:10 UTC
However, a glacier collapse along the Nepal-China border and downstream into Nepal is believed to have been the cause.
The Foreign Ministry reported at 14:00 NPT (08:15 UTC) on August 29 that 626 bodies had been recovered and about 2 400 people remained unaccounted for. A Nepal Police update issued two hours later raised the number of recovered bodies to 669.
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