The hard road to recovery | Ground report from Nepal
As the Nepal government counts the costs of the terrible natural disaster, the focus is on the many portents of climate change and the restitution due to one of the world's lowest carbon emitters
A LIFE SAVED: A military helicopter rescues a boy in a floodhit settlement on the Nepal-Tibet border, Aug. 26
ISSUE DATE: Sep 14, 2026 | UPDATED: Sep 4, 2026 20:11 IST
A week after massive flash floods scythed across the Nepal-Tibet border on August 26, 1,292 people have been confirmed dead, with nearly 5,000 reported missing—figures that have steadily crept up since the incident. It is the most fatal and destructive “natural” disaster to have hit Nepal since the 2015 earthquakes.