{
  "id": 3929157,
  "title": "Nepal families search for relatives after devastating floods",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/nepal-families-search-for-relatives-after-devastating-floods",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-28T09:13:24.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Chronicle Ghana",
    "slug": "the-chronicle-ghana",
    "url": "https://thechronicle.com.gh/nepal-families-search-for-relatives-after-devastating-floods/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On a normal school day, Gyan Deep Sapkota, an 11th grade student, heard his teachers yelling about an approaching flash flood. The Trishuli river, where the school city Bidur is located, had the Bhotekoshi upstream. Teachers urged students to leave, with some crossing a small bridge to safety while others headed to higher ground. Some students suffered panic attacks and fainted. Gyan later recounted his harrowing experience to Al Jazeera. The suspected glacial lake outburst caused widespread devastation, killing about 180 people and leaving at least 1,400 missing across a vast region spanning Nepal and Tibet in China. The death toll and number of missing are expected to grow as water levels recede and connectivity is restored. Among the missing are police, government employees, hydropower engineers, and foreign tourists, including hundreds in Nepal. By late Wednesday, the Nepal Police reported recovering 95 bodies, with most found downstream. The search for missing individuals, particularly Indian tourists on the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra pilgrimage, continues as authorities scramble to establish access to the worst-hit areas.",
  "summary": "It was a normal school day on Wednesday at Trishuli Secondary School in Nepal’s Nuwakot district when Gyan Deep Sapkota, a grade 11 student, suddenly heard his teachers yelling. Bidur, the city where the school is based, lies on the banks of the Trishuli river. A flash flood was barrelling down from upstream, where the […] The post Nepal families search for relatives after devastating floods…",
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    "outlets": 7,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "BBC News",
        "title": "Families fly to Nepal in search for 33 missing British nationals",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/families-fly-to-nepal-in-search-for-33-missing-british-nationals",
        "published": "2026-08-28T06:56:56.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Mothership",
        "title": "Nepal flash floods: MFA in touch with families of affected S'poreans",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/nepal-flash-floods-mfa-in-touch-with-families-of-affected-sporeans",
        "published": "2026-08-28T07:56:16.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Guardian Australia",
        "title": "‘We praise God’: Australian woman feared missing in Nepal flooding makes contact with family",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/we-praise-god-australian-woman-feared-missing-in-nepal-flooding-makes",
        "published": "2026-08-28T08:15:23.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
        "title": "Australian families on edge as they wait for word on family in Nepal",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/australian-families-on-edge-as-they-wait-for-word-on-family-in-nepal",
        "published": "2026-08-28T08:24:22.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Age",
        "title": "Australian families on edge as they wait for word on family in Nepal",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/australian-families-on-edge-as-they-wait-for-word-on-family-in-nepal-3925767",
        "published": "2026-08-28T08:24:22.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "France 24",
        "title": "Nepal flash floods: 'Very challenging' for survivors who have lost their homes and their families",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/nepal-flash-floods-very-challenging-for-survivors-who-have-lost-their",
        "published": "2026-08-28T09:50:55.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}