Flash floods caused by heavy rains in Nepal have killed more than 700 people, with around 2,500 still missing, according to local reports. The floods began on August 26 in Rasuwa district, near the Nepal-Tibet border, and traveled downstream through the Bhotekoshi and Trishuli river systems, causing widespread damage across northern and central Nepal.

Among the survivors, five-year-old Ishara Tamang was rescued from floodwaters in Khalte, a village in Rasuwa, after being trapped in a net. She is being treated at a hospital in Kathmandu, separated from her family. She told hospital staff, “Mother was swept away. I jumped and moved forward, then got trapped in the net.”

Rescue operations are ongoing, and many families are still searching for missing relatives amid concerns about rising river levels.