Natural Disasters · Public broadcaster
Nepal floods: Families gather at overwhelmed morgues in desperate search for loved ones
In Nepal, the hope of finding survivors is fading daily. Bodies are piling up in morgues, and storage capacity is reaching its limit. Authorities are beginning to bury the remains after DNA samples are taken and an identification number is assigned. The hope is that families will be able to find them later. For the relatives of the missing, the wait is unbearable. They go from one hospital to another, consult the lists of survivors and scrutinise the photos of unidentified bodies. France 24's special correspondents met with several of these families at the morgue of Kathmandu University Hospital.
- Source published
- 2 Sept 2026, 11:24 CEST
Publication time from the source RSS/feed - Captured by GC
- 2 Sept 2026, 16:24 CEST
When GlobalsConflicts first captured this item. - Source
- France 24 - English
- Trust
- medium · direct source trail
- Source quality
- good
public broadcaster or established media source from a direct trail - Actors
- France, WHO, UN
In Nepal, the hope of finding survivors is fading daily. Bodies are piling up in morgues, and storage capacity is reaching its limit. Authorities are beginning to bury the remains after DNA samples are taken and an identification number is assigned. The hope is that families will be able to find them later. For the relatives of the missing, the wait is unbearable. They go from one hospital to another, consult the lists of survivors and scrutinise the photos of unidentified bodies. France 24's special correspondents met with several of these families at the morgue of Kathmandu University Hospital.
What is reported
In Nepal, the hope of finding survivors is fading daily. Bodies are piling up in morgues, and storage capacity is reaching its limit. Authorities are beginning to bury the remains after DNA samples are taken and an identification number is assigned. The hope is that families will be able to find them later. For the relatives of the missing, the wait is unbearable. They go from one hospital to another, consult the lists of survivors and scrutinise the photos of unidentified bodies. France 24's special correspondents...
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- Source published (RSS): 2 Sept 2026, 11:24 CEST. Publication time from the source RSS/feed
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- The visible source is France 24 - English.
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