Over 1,900 people missing, 579 dead in destructive Nepal, China floods
Updated Aug. 28, 2026, 1:40 p.m. ET The number of people missing after catastrophic floods swept through Nepal and part of China spiked to more than 1,900 people on Aug. 28, officials announced. The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority of Nepal raised the number of those still unaccounted for to 1,924. At the…