US families hold out hope for relatives lost in Nepal floods

AP Associated PressSouth China Morning PostFiled 2026-08-29 · 05:12 GMTLean · Center-RightRead · 1 min

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Families in the US are anxiously awaiting news of relatives missing in catastrophic flash floods along the Nepal-China border. Mukti Patel's father, sister, and two other relatives are among the more than 2,000 people unaccounted for after their hotel was swept away. Rescuers are continuing to search for survivors, while families hold onto hope that their loved ones may have survived. Some relatives are inquiring about reaching the disaster site and the possibility of individuals being trapped in air pockets. The situation highlights the ongoing uncertainty and emotional toll on families affected by the disaster.

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Family members are holding out hope for the survival of their loved ones.

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The hotel where some relatives were staying was swept away by the floods.

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Mukti Patel's father, sister, and two other relatives went missing in flash floods along the Nepal-China border.

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Some family members inquired about the possibility of a relative being trapped inside an air pocket.

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More than 2,000 people are missing in the disaster.

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Mukti Patel has huddled with family and friends at her parents’ Richmond, Virginia, home since her dad, sister and two other relatives went missing in the catastrophic flash floods along the Nepal-China border.She knows the hotel they were staying in was swept away. But as she shared memories of them on Friday, she caught herself.“I shouldn’t talk in past tense yet,” she said. “We don’t know anything.”As rescuers continued pulling survivors from the mud, family members of some of the more than 2,000 people missing in the disaster were still holding out hope – however dim – that their loved ones survived.Anxious relatives wait for information at Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital in Kathmandu on Friday. Photo: EPAOn a Zoom call Thursday night, some family members wanted to know if they could reach the site and whether a relative might be trapped inside an air pocket, said Sanket Pandey, managing director of Himalayan Glacier Adventure and Travel Company.

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