The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has warned that at least 17,000 children in Nepal are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance following catastrophic flash floods along the mountainous border with China. The agency also reported that 18 schools have been destroyed and another 20 damaged in the affected region. Aid began reaching some survivors on Friday, with relief supplies distributed at makeshift army relief centers, including a school in Nuwakot being used as a temporary aid distribution center.

Rescuers have been working through mud and debris in the devastated areas, with Nepal’s National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority reporting that the number of missing people has doubled to just under 2,000. The authority stated that 14,829 security personnel have been mobilized for search and rescue operations, utilizing drones to locate survivors in hard-to-reach areas. Survivors, including children separated from their families, have been taken to relief camps such as Maithali Barrack, a military training center converted into a shelter, where medical care and efforts to reunite families are underway. Source

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