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Nepal Police reports 669 bodies, 2,362 still missing
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It was published at 29 August 2026, 4:00 pm NPT and is kept online as the record of what was confirmed at that hour. Figures in it are no longer current.
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Nepal Police's 4pm Saturday update says 669 bodies have been recovered in Nepal, Nepal News reports. Nepal News gives the district count as Chitwan 248, Nawalparasi East 158, Nawalparasi West 75, Gorkha 54, Dhading 49, Nuwakot 41, Tanahun 31 and Rasuwa 13.
Nepal Police says 2,362 people remain missing, The Kathmandu Post reports. The paper says the list includes 1,863 Nepali nationals and 499 foreign nationals. Out of contact does not mean dead. Phone, power and internet failures still prevent many families from reaching people in the flood zone.
Nepal Police says 2,301 people have been rescued, including 1,622 in Nuwakot, 676 in Rasuwa and three in Dhading, The Rising Nepal reports. That is a separate police count from NDRRMA's 4,451-person figure at 10am.
The latest police count is up from 626 bodies reported by NDRRMA at 10am, The Kathmandu Post reports. Search teams are still recovering bodies downstream and trying to reach people trapped at hydropower sites.
Keep away from the Bhote Koshi, Trishuli and Narayani riverbanks until officials say it is safe.