Nepal holds day of mourning for more than 1,300 killed in floods

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Government offices in Nepal and missions abroad are flying the national flag at half-mast on Monday, the 13th day since the floods, the Ministry of Home Affairs said in a statement.

In the Hindu tradition, it is the final day of the mourning period, during which close family members stay at home and relatives visit to pay their respects. On the final day, rituals are held to pray for those who died.

The government has not planned any wider events for this day of mourning because search teams are still looking for survivors and resources are limited.

A huge wall of mud and rock, triggered by a glacier breaking off, collapsed into a river on the Himalayan border of Nepal and China’s Tibet region on August 26, causing flooding that killed at least 1,380 people and left more than 5,500 missing.

Nos últimos dias, equipes de busca no Nepal resgataram quatro pessoas, incluindo um cidadão chinês que foi retirado de um túnel em um local de hidrelétrica no sábado.

Os demais resgatados foram dois trabalhadores de hidrelétrica de outro túnel na sexta‑feira, além de uma mulher nepalense retirada de sua casa enterrada no sábado.

President Ram Chandra Paudel, the ceremonial head of state, is touring flood-hit areas on Monday and will survey damage caused by the disaster, his aide said.

In Kathmandu, family members gathered near the offices of the prime minister and key ministries to demand the speeding up of the search for the hundreds of people who were working on hydropower projects and were either swept away by the rushing Bhotekoshi River or buried by the debris.

Sumana Shrestha permaneceu ao lado de seus familiares, segurando um cartaz com a foto de seu marido, de 55 anos, que não foi ouvido desde o dia da inundação.

Her husband, a consulting geologist, was supposed to return home after his shift at the project office for the Trishuli hydropower plant on the day of the flood.

O escritório de dois e meio andares foi enterrado por destroços.

Another protester, Mahesh Prasad Shrestha, held a photograph of his brother Niraj Shrestha, a 52-year-old engineer who worked at the same site.

He said authorities sent only a small excavator by helicopter on the sixth or seventh day after the disaster, adding: “They should have ordered big helicopters from places like China or India to fly in equipment.”.

Rescue efforts have focused on 12 hydropower projects, where about 900 workers are missing and roughly 500 are believed to be trapped in various tunnels, authorities said.

Equipes especializadas de resgate da Índia, China, Coreia do Sul e dos Estados Unidos têm vasculhado detritos, estruturas danificadas e túneis nos projetos.

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