Nepal: Rescuers battle mud and ruined roads in Nuwakot as Nepal flood search continues.

SHOTLIST: NUWAKOT, NEPAL (SEPTEMBER 3, 2026) 1. VARIOUS OF DRONE SHOTS OF FLOOD-HIT BUILDINGS ALONG RIVERBANK 2. VARIOUS OF HEAVY EXCAVATORS AND MACHINERY CLEARING DEBRIS AND REOPENING BLOCKED ROADS WHILE SEARCH OPERATIONS CONTINUE WITH HELICOPTERS 3. VARIOUS OF FLOOD-SCATTERED HOUSEHOLD BELONGINGS AND MUD-FILLED HOMES 4. EMERGENCY TEAMS PROVIDING UTILITIES AND FOODSTUFFS TO DISASTER VICTIMS (TWO SHOTS) 5. VARIOUS OF SWOLLEN TRISHULI RIVER FLOWING RAPIDLYNUWAKOT, NEPAL - SEPTEMBER 3: Search and rescue personnel in Nepal pressed ahead with round-the-clock operations Thursday, Sept. 3, across the Betrawati and Trishuli river corridors in Nuwakot district following catastrophic flash floods triggered by a glacial collapse high in the Himalayas. Heavy machinery crews operated continuously through deep mud and structural rubble to clear blocked access routes and reconnect isolated mountain settlements. The sudden Aug. 26 deluge—caused by a massive ice-and-rock avalanche near the China-Nepal border—submerged residential neighborhoods, destroyed critical bridges, and swept away infrastructure across the valley corridor. The death toll from last week’s devastating flash floods and mudslides on the China-Nepal border has climbed to 1,220, the latest official data showed on Wednesday. According to Nepal’s National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority, 1,204 bodies have been recovered in Nepal since massive flash floods hit the Himalayan country, while 301 people were injured and around 4,216 remained missing. The disaster struck when a glacier on Nepal’s Mount Langtang Lirung fractured at an altitude of about 5,200 meters (17,060 feet), triggering an ice-rock avalanche that developed into a massive debris flow and swept through valleys along the border. The huge surge of water, along with mudslides, devastated Rasuwa, Nuwakot, Dhading, Kavre, and the Kathmandu Valley in Nepal, while also burying the Gyirong border crossing with Nepal in southwestern Tibet, also known as the Xizang Autonomous Region, on the Chinese side.