{
  "id": 4802212,
  "title": "'Giant morgue': Nepal flood victims overwhelm downstream city",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/giant-morgue-nepal-flood-victims-overwhelm-downstream-city",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-01T06:37:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/world/20260901/giant-morgue-nepal-flood-victims-overwhelm-downstream-city"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "CHITWAN, Nepal - The miasma grew more potent the farther one walked, irritating the senses and inducing discomfort. Vendors hawking protective masks outside the hospital had cautioned us. One mask would prove insufficient, they asserted. Upon the Hankook Ilbo's arrival in Bharatpur during the sixth day of the extensive flooding, the entire city permeated with the stench of mortality, functioning as a colossal mortuary. Bharatpur lies roughly 200 kilometers southwest of the disaster zone near the Tibetan frontier, a six-hour journey from the capital, Kathmandu. Bodies carried downstream accumulate here as the river current slows in the plains. The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority of Nepal reported that, as of Saturday, 259 of the 675 bodies retrieved nationwide had surfaced in Chitwan district. Bodies drifting in the river or beached upon the shore are transported to Bharatpur Hospital. Within the autopsy chamber, a somber tableau emerged as disjointed bodies scattered across the floor. In a workbench, personnel clad in full protective gear blasted water to sanitise a severed, remarkably swollen limb. Upon completion, they retrieved another body from the freeze.",
  "summary": "CHITWAN, Nepal — The smell grew stronger with every step, stinging the nose and causing headaches. Vendors selling masks outside the hospital had warned us. \"One mask won't be enough,\" they said. When the Hankook Ilbo visited Bharatpur in the Chitwan district on Monday, the sixth day of the massive floods, the entire city reeked of death, functioning as a giant morgue. Bharatpur sits…",
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    "outlets": 11,
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      {
        "outlet": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/race-to-free-hundreds-feared-trapped-in-nepals-hydropower-tunnels-as",
        "published": "2026-09-01T01:54:59.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Age",
        "title": "Race to free hundreds feared trapped in Nepal’s hydropower tunnels as flood deaths surpass 950",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/race-to-free-hundreds-feared-trapped-in-nepals-hydropower-tunnels-as-4762648",
        "published": "2026-09-01T01:54:59.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Hindustan Times",
        "title": "Race against time as 600 remain trapped in hydro project tunnels",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/race-against-time-as-600-remain-trapped-in-hydro-project-tunnels",
        "published": "2026-09-01T03:01:00.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Economic Times",
        "title": "Nepal floods expose risks to hydropower",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/nepal-floods-expose-risks-to-hydropower",
        "published": "2026-09-01T03:10:12.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Nepal flood survivors fear loss of culture and community",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/nepal-flood-survivors-fear-loss-of-culture-and-community",
        "published": "2026-09-01T04:09:24.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Nepal rescuers reach remote areas, free hundreds trapped by floods",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/nepal-rescuers-reach-remote-areas-free-hundreds-trapped-by-floods",
        "published": "2026-09-01T05:01:21.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "'Giant morgue': Nepal flood victims overwhelm downstream city",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/giant-morgue-nepal-flood-victims-overwhelm-downstream-city-4803727",
        "published": "2026-09-01T06:42:02.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Dawn",
        "title": "Nepal-China flood death toll exceeds 1,000; Nepal PM demands climate action",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/nepal-china-flood-death-toll-exceeds-1-000-nepal-pm-demands-climate",
        "published": "2026-09-01T06:54:20.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "Nepal flood death toll passes 1,000 as rescue efforts enter seventh day",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/nepal-flood-death-toll-passes-1-000-as-rescue-efforts-enter-seventh",
        "published": "2026-09-01T08:15:52.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "BBC Science",
        "title": "Family fear for missing hydropower worker after Nepal flood",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/family-fear-for-missing-hydropower-worker-after-nepal-flood",
        "published": "2026-09-01T08:23:51.000Z"
      }
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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."
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