Nepal Police Release Names of 65 Missing U.S. Citizens After Devastating Floods
Ramesh Sharma and Neelam Kumari Sharma, both U.S. citizens, are among those reported missing after catastrophic flooding in Nepal, according to Nepal Police. Their daughter, Radhika Sharma, appealed for information about the couple.
Nepal Police have released the names of 65 U.S. citizens reported missing after catastrophic flooding along the Bhote Koshi River and in other disaster-affected areas, as search-and-rescue operations continued across parts of Nepal.
List of Missing U.S. Citizens
Nepal Police listed the following 65 U.S. citizens as missing:
- Ahuja Deepak, born 1966
- Ahuja Madhu, born 1969
- Amita Amin, born 1959
- Anil Goel
- Atluri Sasi Kumar, born 1972
- Balaji Deepa
- Belahal Mukti Chandrakant, born 1976
- Bimalbhai R. Patel, born 1979
- Bina P. Parikh, born 1960
- Cantrell Mark Allen, born 1975
- Chand Vandana, born 1977
- Dineshbhai P. Patel, born 1960
- Ginoya Ketan Girishbhai, born 1985
- Jaiminaben Bimalbhai Patel, born 1982
- Jitendra Manubhai Patel, born 1954
- Keshav Rao
- Kirti Acharaya
- Krishnaganth Ramya Durga, born 1978
- Laxminath Gopisetty
- Liudmila Dmitrievna Mikhailova, born 1988
- Malhotra Alka, born 1976
- Menon Gaurav, born 1976
- Merchant Jignesh Vijaykumar
- Merchant Tejal Jignesh
- Misra Pankaj, born 1969
- Misra Poonam, born 1972
- Misra Ragini, born 1975
- Hanumantha Rao Unnava
- Venus Patel
- Jiwan Jyoti
- Shital Chetan Chohan
- Rashi Shashidharan
- Rekha Shashidharan
- Vasundhara Unnava
- Naru Shivananda Reddy, born 1982
- Neelam Kumari Sharma, born 1962
- Nimmagadda Rajyalakshmi, born 1977
- Pandellapalli Suresh, born 1967
- Putta Swetha, born 1982
- Radhakrishnan Anitha
- Raghavan Krishnakumar, born 1967
- Raja Anjana, born 1972
- Rajan Raghu, born 1976
- Rajappa Sriram, born 1979
- Ramesh Sharma, born 1961
- Rodge Harshawardhan, born 1981
- Sabole Vishnu Vandana, born 1971
- Sajeepa Prabhath, born 1978
- Samala Latha Rao, born 1975
- Sonduripantangi Padmavathy, born 1972
- Sorensen Mary Theresa, born 1966
- Srinivas Sudhir Rango
- Sriram Janani, born 1983
- Sudhindra Yapal Parvi
- Suresh Archana, born 1979
- Tejal Vyomesh Patel, born 1961
- Thapa Rachana, born 1979
- Vejella Sridevi, born 1987
- Venkat Bangalori
- Venkatachalam Balaji
- Venkataraman Balasubramanyam
- Venkatesan Pattabiraman, born 1969
- Vennelaganti Balasubramanyam S. M., born 1975
- Vivek Srivastav
- Yaj Vora Txuj, born 1993
Nepal Police said the missing-person figures remain preliminary and could change as rescue teams reach isolated areas, restore communication links and identify victims.
The Americans are among 644 Nepali and foreign nationals who remain unaccounted for, according to the latest Nepal Police bulletin. India has the largest number of missing foreign nationals, with 178 citizens unaccounted for, followed by 65 Americans, 53 Ukrainians, 35 Australians and 33 British nationals. The police said 127 Nepalis also remain missing.
The confirmed death toll has risen to 389, Nepal Police said. Chitwan District reported the highest number of deaths, with 137 bodies recovered, followed by Nawalparasi East with 87, Dhading with 33, Gorkha with 32, Nuwakot and Tanahun with 28 each, Nawalparasi West with 27 and Rasuwa with 17.
Authorities said 8,348 police personnel have been deployed for search, rescue and recovery operations. Twenty-eight Nepal Police officers remain out of contact in flood-affected areas, the agency said.
Nepal Police reported that 466 people have been rescued or treated for injuries. Rasuwa recorded 289 rescues or injuries, followed by Nuwakot with 90, Kathmandu with 84 and Dhading with three.
Communications and transportation infrastructure in the affected areas, including locations near the Nepal-Tibet border, have been severely disrupted, complicating efforts to locate missing people and verify their conditions.
Among those listed as missing are Ramesh Sharma, 65, and Neelam Kumari Sharma, 64, both U.S. citizens, according to a social media appeal posted by their daughter, Radhika Sharma.
Radhika Sharma said she had been unable to reach her parents after flooding near the Nepal-Tibet/China border. She appealed for information from people with contacts in Nepal, Gyirong in Tibet, area hospitals, rescue operations, government agencies and news organizations.
NepYork reviewed the Nepal Police list and found both Ramesh Sharma and Neelam Kumari Sharma listed among the missing U.S. citizens.
The U.S. Embassy in Kathmandu has not publicly released the identities of missing Americans. U.S. officials have urged American citizens in Nepal who are safe to contact family members and follow instructions from local authorities as emergency operations continue.