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Provisional death toll from floods in Nepal rises to 675

In neighboring China, authorities have so far reported seven deaths in the Tibet region, bringing the total for both countries to 682 deaths.

A woman salvages her belongings from her house heavily covered in mud following flash floods at Devighat in Nepal’s Nuwakot district on August 28, 2026. More than 1,400 people are missing and at least 552 have been killed after a devastating, tsunami-like wall of water gouged a path through the border region between Nepal and Tibet, sweeping away entire villages. (Photo by MANAN VATSYAYANA / AFP)

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The official and provisional death toll in Nepal from Wednesday's mudslide has risen to 675, according to a new tally released Saturday by the disaster management authority.

The previous death toll on the Nepalese side was 633. In neighboring China, authorities have so far reported seven deaths in the Tibet region, bringing the total for both countries to 682 deaths.

Nearly 3,000 people are missing in the two countries, of whom at least 2,426 are in Nepal.

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