Nepal Observes Day of Mourning for Flood Victims
· World · Al Jazeera, Sportstar
Nepal observed a national day of mourning on September 7, 2026, to honor more than 1,300 people killed in devastating floods last month. Government offices and foreign missions flew the national flag at half-mast on this 13th day since the disaster, as directed by the Ministry of Home Affairs. The disaster occurred on August 26 when a glacier break triggered a massive wall of mud and rock on the Himalayan border between Nepal and China's Tibet region, leaving over 5,500 people missing. President Ram Chandra Paudel toured flood-hit areas to survey the damage, while families gathered near government offices in Kathmandu to demand accelerated search operations for missing hydropower workers.
Why it matters
Families of the thousands of missing hydropower workers and flood victims face prolonged grief as search operations continue amidst limited resources.
Read the original report — Al Jazeera
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