Nepal floods: Survivors return to unimaginable destruction

Religious figures and family members gather to pray in Devighat, Nuwakot, Nepal, for victims of the deadly flooding. In some places, messages wishing peace for the souls of the dead have been written on brightly colored pieces of paper and hung as memorials.(Abdul Goni/Anadolu via Getty Images)The families of thousands of people who remain missing in Nepal weeks after catastrophic floods devastated the country have expressed mixed feelings after the government said this week that it is stopping the search for victims. The office of Prime Minister Balendra Shah decided on Monday that search and rescue operations for victims of the Aug. 26 floods will cease. Instead, authorities will concentrate on rehabilitation and reconstruction including restoring roads and bridges cut off by floods, particularly in remote areas where damaged infrastructure has made aid deliveries difficult. Rescuers have so far recovered the bodies of at least 1,455 people, but 5,285 others remain missing, including hundreds of foreign nationals. The government estimates reconstruction and recovery will cost $4.77 billion. Nearly 33,000 people have been affected and about 7,500 homes were damaged or destroyed.

Nepal woman rescued after floodKATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Rescuers in Nepal pulled out a Chinese man and a woman in separate operations Saturday, 10 days after devastating floods hit the country, as teams continued searching for thousands of missing people. The man was rescued from a hydropower tunnel, according to a social media post by the country’s prime minister’s office, bringing the total to three workers pulled alive from the Trishuli hydropower project. Two Nepalese workers were rescued on Friday. "I couldn't believe it"Nepal's army said a joint rescue team of Nepalese military personnel and South Korean disaster experts rescued the man from a 225-meter (about 740-foot) tunnel and that he was undergoing a health assessment. Images showed him being evacuated by helicopter, with an army medic checking on him during the flight. In this photo provided by the Nepal Army, a Chinese national is seen after being rescued by soldiers during an ongoing operation at the Trishuli-3A hydropower project in Nepal's Rasuwa district, Saturday, Sept.

For three long hours on Thursday afternoon, Joe Camarlinghi waited at a Bend, Oregon, church for word about his daughter. Camarlinghi had received an alert about a shooting at Silver Rail elementary, heard sirens and quickly headed to campus, where he was directed to the church along with other parents. Parents and teachers cried and hugged, and waited. “The gravity of that room was like nothing else I’ve ever felt before,” he said while standing not far from a memorial outside the school on Friday. “Every parent [there was] in the same boat of, is my child OK, and not knowing for hours.”Camarlinghi and his wife soon had a tearful reunion with their third grade daughter. Other parents would not. On Thursday afternoon, Griffin J John II, a 16-year-old former Silver Rail student, climbed over a school fence, fired a gun through a set of locked doors and headed toward a special education classroom. He shot six people, killing a teacher and three children, before a parent fatally shot him, according to police. The students killed were aged five, eight and 11, and were all in the same classroom.

British ColumbiaFour horses were travelling from across Western Canada to compete in the Equestrian Canada National Dressage West championship in Langley. Three were killed in a crash, and another was injured. Police say the driver hit a rock wall on Highway 1 in southeast B. C.; 3 horses killed and 1 injured in crashAlanna Kelly · CBC News · Posted: Oct 07, 2026 6:31 PM EDT | Last Updated: October 8Listen to this articleEstimated 3 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Mackenzie Abbott is seen beside Fearless, a horse that was killed during a highway crash in B. C. while travelling to the National Dressage and Para Dressage Championships West in Langley on Oct. 6, 2026. (Submitted by Amelia Carter)The Canadian equestrian community is mourning the death of three horses after a collision in B. C. The horses were travelling from Manitoba and Alberta to Langley on Monday, to compete in the 2026 Equestrian Canada National Dressage West championship at the Thunderbird Show Park. At 8:45 a.m. local time on Oct. 6, officers with the B. C.