Nepal flood: 4,200 missing, families burn effigies as bodies unrecovered

Eight days after catastrophic flooding on the Nepal-Tibet border, over 4,200 people remain missing and families have begun symbolic cremations with straw effigies. Rescue teams are clearing access to trapped power station workers, with 9,300 soldiers opening roads and evacuating survivors near the Trishuli River. The disaster's scale and ongoing missing count indicate a major humanitarian crisis with uncertain final casualty figures.