Indian-origin woman finds missing mother's last known location via TikTok video amid Nepal floods

Tulshi Patel, a pharmacist from Milton Keynes, has discovered her mother Hemangini Jitendra Patel's last known location in Nepal through a TikTok video posted by a tour company hours before the devastating floods. Patel and her aunt, Hema Sunil Amin, were on an Eco-Trek to Kathmandu when the floods struck on Wednesday. The family was supposed to cross the border on Tuesday but was delayed due to weather conditions and crossed over on Wednesday.

Patel last spoke to her mother and aunt days before the floods and received a photo of them on Tuesday. She found the TikTok video posted by the tour company on Wednesday morning, just before 6 am Nepal time, showing her mother, aunt, and three other people from the tour near the Friendship Bridge, the last known location of the family.

The last known location of Patel's family was at the Friendship Bridge. The situation along the Nepal-China border is described as devastating, and the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) is working closely with Nepali and Chinese authorities to support families and loved ones of British nationals missing in the floods.