Nepal: Nepal seeks assistance from neighbors to bolster flood relief efforts.

Shotlist Kathmandu, Nepal - Aug 29, 2026 1. Various of reporters 2. Signs reading: "press briefing" 3. Various of press conference in progress, reporters 4. SOUNDBITE (English) Nepali Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal (ending with shot 5): "As of today, over 4,451 people have been rescued from the region, including over 187 foreign nationals. So far, 626 bodies have been recovered from the area, and about 2,400 people are still unaccounted for." Nuwakot District, Nepal - Aug 27, 2026 5. Various of truck half-submerged in mud; excavators on muddy road, residents 6. Helicopter flying 7. Various of residents, soldiers, vehicles Kathmandu, Nepal - Aug 29, 2026 8. SOUNDBITE (English) Nepali Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal (starting with shot 7/ending with shots 9-10): "If Nepal would be unsafe to travel at this point -- I just wanted to highlight that Nepal is mostly open. (The) majority of our tourist destinations, including Kathmandu, Pokhara, Lumbini, Chitwan, Janakpur, mountain areas with very popular entrepreneur regions, and Everest (Qomolangma) regions -- almost all of these areas are open. This particular disaster has had an impact on a particular location of Nepal. And I just wanted to highlight this particularly to our international media friends." Rasuwa District, Nepal - Aug 26, 2026 9. Aerial shot of flood-hit river valley Nuwakot District, Nepal - Aug 27, 2026 10. Various of residents, responders in flood-hit village 11. Flooded river 12. Various of houses damaged by floods, houses half-submerged in mud Kathmandu, Nepal - Aug 29, 2026 13. SOUNDBITE (English) Nepali Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal (starting with shots 10-12/ending with shot 14): "As operations continue, we have requested specific and specialized assistance from our friendly neighbors, where such support can further strengthen our search and rescue efforts in areas such as opening the tunnel where people have been trapped, technologies that help us locate people alive in affected areas, quick forensic and DNA analysis, and mortuaries to keep the bodies. An 11-member specialized technical reconnaissance team for tunnel rescue from India has been mobilized, and a tunnel rescue team from China is expected to arrive very soon." Location Unknown - Aug 29, 2026 14. Valley, helicopter flying with Chinese tunnel experts on board heading to Nepal to support rescue efforts Storyline Nepal has requested professional rescue support from China and other neighboring countries to help with complex operations for flood victims, Nepali Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal said on Saturday. On Wednesday, a massive high-altitude glacier collapse in Nepal triggered a catastrophic mudslide along its border with China, causing heavy casualties and left many people missing on both sides. The glacier collapse also triggered a catastrophic flash flood in Nepal's Bhote Koshi River Wednesday morning, affecting three districts of Rasuwa, Nuwakot and Dhading, officials said. "As of today, over 4,451 people have been rescued from the region, including over 187 foreign nationals. So far, 626 bodies have been recovered from the area, and about 2,400 people are still unaccounted for," said Khanal. He said the impact has been confined to particular regions of Nepal, and that tourist activities across most of the country are continuing. "If Nepal would be unsafe to travel at this point -- I just wanted to highlight that Nepal is mostly open. (The) majority of our tourist destinations, including Kathmandu, Pokhara, Lumbini, Chitwan, Janakpur, mountain areas with very popular entrepreneur regions, and Everest (Qomolangma) regions -- almost all of these areas are open. This particular disaster has had an impact on a particular location of Nepal. And I just wanted to highlight this particularly to our international media friends," said Khanal. He emphasized that the Nepali government has reached out to neighboring countries, including China, for rescue assistance. "As operations continue, we have requested specific and specialized assistance from our friendly neighbors, where such support can further strengthen our search and rescue efforts in areas such as opening the tunnel where people have been trapped, technologies that help us locate people alive in affected areas, quick forensic and DNA analysis, and mortuaries to keep the bodies. An 11-member specialized technical reconnaissance team for tunnel rescue from India has been mobilized, and a tunnel rescue team from China is expected to arrive very soon," said Khanal. [Restrictions: No access Chinese mainland]