121 Foreigners Rescued, 473 Still Missing in Nepal Floods; Full Name List by Nationality

Susan Shrestha Published: August 28, 2026 August 28, 2026

Nepal

At least 473 foreigners remain unreachable following severe flash flooding across central Nepal, tourism authorities said Friday.

The Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) released a situation report indicating that 594 foreigners were initially impacted by sudden flooding along the Bhote Koshi and Trishuli rivers. As of 5:30 p.m. local time on Aug. 28, emergency teams had successfully rescued 121 foreigners.

The disaster began Wednesday, Aug. 26, striking the districts of Rasuwa, Nuwakot, Dhading, and Gorkha. Heavy torrents flowing through major Himalayan river systems triggered the flooding, severing transportation corridors, damaging infrastructure, and leaving travelers stranded across remote mountain terrain.

According to data compiled by the Tourist Police and the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA), affected travelers represent more than 30 countries. The highest numbers of affected tourists include citizens from India (98), the United States (65), Ukraine (61), Malaysia (51), Australia (35), the United Kingdom (33), Latvia (29), and Canada (25), alongside 149 Nepalese nationals who were also impacted.

Separately, India’s Ministry of External Affairs said 149 Indian nationals safely crossed from China into Nepal on Friday, Aug. 28. Randhir Jaiswal, the ministry’s official spokesperson, released the full list of the 149 nationals in a post on X and said they had crossed into Nepal safely that day.

Search and rescue operations led by the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, the Nepal Tourism Board, and local security agencies remain active across the affected regions. However, ongoing flood risks, potential upstream glacial lake breaches, and widespread highway blockages continue to complicate emergency response efforts.

Authorities have issued travel advisories urging tourists and transportation operators to avoid riverbank regions and vulnerable highway routes in Rasuwa, Nuwakot, Dhading, Kavrepalanchok, and Makwanpur. Trekking agencies, hotels, and guides have been instructed to verify local road conditions before arranging movement through impacted districts.

The Nepal Tourism Board has established multi-channel emergency helplines to assist travelers and coordinate rescue operations, emphasizing that tourist safety remains its top priority.

The U.S. State Department said it is aware of approximately 90 Americans who may have been affected by flooding in the Nepal-China border region, while confirming that three U.S. citizens have been safely rescued in Nepal.

In response to an inquiry from NepYork, a State Department spokesperson said Thursday that the department had received no reports of U.S. citizen deaths.

“The State Department is aware of approximately 90 Americans who may be impacted by the floods in the Nepal-China cross-border region and is closely tracking the situation. We can confirm that three American citizens have been safely rescued in Nepal. We are not aware of any U.S. citizen deaths at this time,” the State Department spokesperson said.

“The Trump Administration has no higher priority than the safety and security of Americans,” the spokesperson added.

The U.S. embassies in Nepal and China are coordinating with local authorities and tour agencies to assist Americans in affected areas, the department said. Nepali-led search-and-rescue operations are continuing.

The State Department also deployed a disaster-response adviser to the region and will provide $500,000 through its global award with Catholic Relief Services. The funding will support emergency shelter, relief supplies, and water, sanitation, and hygiene assistance for flood-affected communities in Nepal, according to the spokesperson.

New Yorker Rashi Shashidharan, 14, has been missing in Nepal alongside her mother, Rekha Shashidharan, 54, since the catastrophe unfolded Wednesday, according to a family member. Rashi and Rekha had been traveling together and last spoke with family members at around 7:30 a.m. local time Wednesday, just over an hour before the floods struck.

Among the Americans listed as missing are Ramesh Sharma, 65, and Neelam Kumari Sharma, 64. Their daughter, Radhika Sharma, said in social media posts that she has been unable to contact her parents following the flooding near the Nepal-China border. She appealed for information from anyone with contacts in Nepal, Gyirong in Tibet, local hospitals, rescue operations, government agencies, and news organizations.

Police emphasized that all missing-person figures remain preliminary and subject to change as search teams reach isolated communities and communications are restored.

Official published lists represent preliminary agency-verified records only; numerous missing travelers are not yet reflected in this report as rescue teams continue to establish communications with isolated communities.

Status: RESCUED (Source: NDRRMA)

USA

Anjana Raja
Pattabiraman Venkatesan

Italy

Valentina Piccinini
Stefano Lotumolo

Korea

Byeng Kwan Kim
Minsu Shin
Joebok Yang
Toenoon Yom
Hyunho Song
Hyunseong Sog
Tove Yon Kim
Jong Holim
Kim Kyomg Hoou

China

Hang Chang Lin
Nong Wenxiu
Gong Yu
Peng Guanyi Xiu
Fang Guo Tao
Zhang Chuan
Tian Zu
Yao Banghua
Weiyong Sheng
Liuren Sheng
Zhang Tong Feng
Guo Tu Chuan
Col Zhi Hang
Cuan Li Ting
Cai Xiu Bin
Xin Zhi Qiang

India

Thiagarajan Rathinam
Sivaranjani Muthunathan
Navukkarasu Kabirdas
Vijayabhuvaneswari Viswanathan
Rathinakumar Kunchithapatham
Kanagasabai Natesapillai
Maran Govindasamy
Shanthi Maran
Raghunathan Muniraj
Kirubakaran
Prabakaran
Kirupa Hari
Radha Kanagasabai
Poonguzhali Ponnambalam
Vallinayaki Sivakumar
Mythili Muthukumaresan
Muthukumaresan Ramalingam
Sathya Jayaraman
Seema Maran
Bhavani Thapan
Thillai Kanagasabai
Karpagam Rajamohan
Kirubahari Balasubramaniam
Thirumavalavan Govindarasu
Palaniyappan
Kalaimathi Palaniyappan
Navlesh Sharma
Chandan Tiwari
Jitendra Ram
Nitesh Kumar Singh
Pramod Gupta
Sonu Alam
Umash Kumar Gupta
Bhim Prasad
Janmejay Singh
Tulin Giri
Roshan Kumar
Vishambhar Singh
Sohel Mustafa
Mizamudin Miya
Rohit Kumar Barma
Kabi Kumar
Nilesh Kumar
Dayal Singh Gundn
Gadgoli Patel
Indrajit Kumar
Laxman Tiwari
Man Singh
Niraj Kumar Patel
Saruk
Saddam Hussain
Abhishek Tiwari
Dipendra Mandal
Alok Kumar Sah
Arun Kumar Sah
Raj Kumar Tiwari
Abed Bhumta
Tipu Kumar
Aklesh Kumar Pande
Akash
Ranjan Kumar
Pradip
Pawan Rediya
Anish Gajoghiya
Dinesh Sahabi
Pramod Sahni
Sudama Kumar Sah
Chitaranjan
Neha Jalam
Bhushan Thakur
Salman Alam
Medi Hasan
Sajin Kumar Ram
Madhu Kumar Sen
Sumit Kharel
Devalal Murgi
Mukesh Kumal
Sunil Timsina
Bhupendra Barnwal
Niraj Kumar Thakur
Rahul Kumar Gupta
Zaswant Singh
Sachin Kumar
Md Inzamamun
Yogesh Kumar
Abhishek Kumar
Maj Singh
Pankaj Kumar Sah
Asutosh Upadhyay
Suresh Singh

Status: STILL LISTED MISSING / OUT OF CONTACT (Source: Nepal Police)

Australia

Sundrasan Kanagamah
Sreedharan Iyer Iyer
Spry Renee Therese
Shivamurthy Uday
Shivamurthy Kripa
Sahu Sidharthi Kumari
Rishab Iyer Sreedharan Iyer
Raval Bhavinkumar Rajnikant
Patel Reshma Bhavin
Patel Bhoomi Mahendrakumar
Nayaka Shivaprasad Rakesh
Narayan Panthi
Sruthi Chandrasekaran
Rajeswari Sharma
Daya Ganesh Bale
Shylaja Muralitharan
Krishna Sharma
Chitra Venkatraman
Aarush Muralitharan
Venkatraman Balakrishnan
Umesh Sharma
Kumar Ramaswamy Sampath
Chandrasekharan Muralitharan
Ashwin Muralitharan
Mohapatra Sandeep
Mangwani Bharat
Lakshmi Sreedharan Iyer
Kothari Arpan Mithalal
Keats Michael Ryan
Costanzo Luke Christopher
Cara Patricia Rose
Bhardwaj Karan
Agastya Gopi Krishna Naidu
Adhikari Sumi
Rudhra Sreesharan Iyer

Belarus

Katerina Sakovich

Belgium

Alix Timea F. Decocq
Ekaterina Alekseevna Zhidkova
Iuliia Mikhailova

Bulgaria

Aleksieva Suzana Mihoylova

Canada

Singh Sneha
Sanas Tanuja Devram
Reguri Vinay Kumar Reddy
Raina Gireesh
Poonam Dilipkumar Thakkar
Shilpa Patel
Padmaben Patel
Megha Shah
Akanksha Patel
Umeshkumar Patel
Jagdishbhai Patel
Ishan Patel
Himanshu Agarwal
Dhaval Shah
Mahendra Gupta
Khatri Ruchi
Kaushik Mohit
Grover Samira
Grover Anil
Dhanesha Bhavesh
Brar Gurpreet Kaur
Bagrecha Swati
Ananian Zepur
Zohuri Kanishka
Somayajula Sai Prasad

Finland

Choudhary Priyanka

France

Mahajan Kapil
Kateryna Duzenko
Culan Vyshnavi
Benredouane Betty

Germany

Yurii Ruzhyn
Wellert Karin
Ruslan Langolf
Roeder Kristina
Juri Kupper
Gielow Steffen
Ganesan Hariharasudan
Dimitri Kishkurno

Hungary

Szabo Ildiko

India

Jay Dinesh Kotecha
Janhavi Milind Chitley
Gopal Arunachalam
Geetha Vaidhyanathasamy
Geetha Ramaswamy
Geeta Sushil Kulkarni
Geeta Sanjeev Jalindre
Gayatri Deshpande
Gayathiri Devi Prakash
Gajanan Pathak
Elavarasi Rajendran
Dhanpal Reddy Rallagudam
Dhanalakshmi Nallusamy
Deepali Sarkar
Debasish Banerjee
Debabrata Roy Choudhury
Chitramatta Venkatachalapathy
Chithradevi Nagaraj
Chetana Anand Gupta
Chandrasekaran Murugappan
Chandiran Kuppusamy
Balasubramanian Ramasamy
Avnish Bharat Merchant
Atul Das
Asokan Ramasamy Gounder
Ashokkumar Kapdi
Arutchelvan Govindarajan
Arushi Gupta
Arulmani Palanivel
Arindom Ganguly
Aparna Samir Joshi
Anita Das
Anirban Bhattacharyya
Anbazhagi Ampikapathy
Anbarasu Venkatachalam
Ananda Sundari Damodharan
Anand Shankar Deshpande
Anagha Annamdevara
Amutha Kumar
Amarnath Pal
Alpa Samir Karkhanis
Abhishek Suresh Ghone

Ireland

Spandan Sahu
Santosh Sahu

Malaysia

A Ganesan Anandan
Appannah A Muthaloo
Arunasalam Karuppiah
Azman Bin Karim
Balasingam Kesavan
Brabaakaran Krishnan
Eswary Mani Raj
Gunanesan Vellaisamy
Gunavathy Muthusamy
Inthumathy Subramaniam
Jason Ngeow
Kalai Mathe Karuppaiah
Kalaiselvi P Narayanasamy
Kannan Kerisna
Karunanithi Sundram
Kirubanithi Alagappan
Komathi Rethinam
Krishnan Vadivelu
Letchumy Sinnappan
Lingam Samykanoo
Malani M Vellu
Mangala Vanan Krishnasamy
Mohd Fakhrul Munir Bin Mohd Isa

Netherlands

Moolhuijsen Maaike Helena Werna
Berghuis Christiaan Jacobus

New Zealand

Patel Mihirkumar Mahendrabhai
Patel Kinnari Mihir
Mhatre Sweta Pravin
Kuzmic Dejan
Kandimalla Suhasini Reddy

Philippines

Juan Carlos Manalo

Portugal

Inna Bida
Goncalves Gomes Sara Maria

Russia

Zimin Alexander
Ulgen Irina
Natalia Kiseleva
Oleg Khatsenko
Krasiukova Ekaterina
Kirill Tretiakov
Elena Oksyuz
Anna Pak

Serbia

Enisa Lekovic

Singapore

Subramaniam So Diraviam
Shallnny Deavy Do Elan Sozan
Rengarajan Prabu
Rajesvaran Ayyavoo
Ng Kit Kuen
Shubakshi Rawla
Sumit Rawla
Ghosh Aditi
Estee Loeh

South Africa

Vivaganathan Pillay
Surendranath Maharaj
Ramjee Bavika
Janet Pillay
Govender Terricia
Anitha Devi Maharaj

Spain

Des Alcala Gisela
Abel Perisbas
Szabo Illes Edina

Sweden

Elena Kozlova

Switzerland

Natalia Kalvina Rjumin Girardet

Ukraine

Yuriy Marchenko
Yuliia Koval
Yevheniia Mamchur
Volodymyr Ruzhyn
Valeriia Slukina
Tetiana Liukova
Stanislav Arsonov
Sofiia Oloviatenko
Polina Kulak
Olha Patis
Olga Vasylenko
Olga Golikova
Olena Tomshyska
Olena Strashenko
Olena Shevchenko
Olena Nikiforova
Olena Kalynychenko
Olena Bychkovska
Olena Kurakina
Oleksandra Rodina
Oleksandr Sologub
Oleksandr Bilyi
Oleksandr Bida
Oksana Yakushchenko
Oksana Dryha
Oksana Batyshcheva
Nikita Oloviatenko
Nataliia Vlasova
Nataliia Shmatko
Nataliia Field
Nataliia Doroshuk
Nataliia Godlevska
Liudmyla Kylyvnyk
Lesia Lutsenko Myskiv
Larysa Molodets
Kateryna Bolgarova
Iryna Malukhova
Iryna Lysiuk
Iryna Ladygina
Iryna Kripak
Iryna Chebanu
Inna Oshmarina
Ievgeniia Malaia
Hanna Istoshyna
Ganna Monakhova
Galyna Kovalevska
Elena Horlova
Dariia Suvilova
Daria Bielova
Anna Yevtushenko
Andrii Makarenko
Andrii Kysil
Alina Dosenko

United Kingdom

Veena Bhaskaran
Neetu Goyal Tiwari
Tejkumari Gurung
Tare Manish
Tara Gurung
Syna Kumari Sahu
Surabhi Manmath Padhy
Sunanda Manirajan
Sri Ranganathan Shamila
Ranjan Ankit
Pavan Haldia
Pankaj Naug
Nabhi Nandan Das
Geetha Adinarayana Reddy
Sarada Kaphle
Mala Patel
Kaza Ajanta
Kavitha Haldia
Kar Sanjukta
Kar Anal
Kankonkar Preeti Ravindra
Hemangini Jitendra Patel
Hema Sunil Amin
Gupta Meena
Chhetri Nelly Maya
Chandra Ankita
Bipin Patel
Bector Leena Bhupesh
Basnet Yashika
Avvari Sridhar
Avvari Deepthi
Avvari Abhinav
Atmakur Praveen Goud

USA

Venkataraman Balasubramanyam
Venkatachalam Balaji
Venkat Bangalori
Vejella Sridevi
Thapa Rachana
Tejal Vyomesh Patel
Suresh Archana
Sudhindra Yapal Parvari
Sriram Janani
Srinivas Sudhir Rango
Sorensen Mary Theresa
Sonduripantangi Padmavathy
Samala Latha Rao
Sajeeva Prabhath
Sabole Vishnu Vandana
Rodge Harshawardhan
Ramesh Sharma
Rajappa Sriram
Rajan Raghu
Raghavan Krishnakumar
Radhakrishnan Anitha
Putta Swetha
Pandellapalli Suresh
Nimmagadda Rajyalakshmi
Neelam Kumari Sharma
Naru Shivananda Reddy
Vasundhara Unnava
Rekha Shashidharan
Rashi Shashidharan
Shital Chetan Chohan
Jiwan Jyoti
Venus Patel
Hanumantharao Unnava
Misra Ragini
Misra Poonam
Misra Pankaj
Merchant Tejal Jignesh
Merchant Jignesh Vijaykumar
Menon Gaurav
Malhotra Alka
Liudmila Dmitrievna Mikhailova
Laxminath Gopisetty
Krishnaganth Ramya Durga
Kirti Acharaya
Keshav Rao
Jitendra Manubhai Patel
Jaiminaben Bimalbhai Patel
Ginoya Ketan Girishbhai
Dineshbhai P. Patel
Chand Vandana
Cantrell Mark Allen
Bina P. Parikh
Bimalbhai R. Patel
Belahal Mukti Chandrakant
Balaji Deepa
Atluri Sasi Kumar
Anil Goel
Amita Amin
Ahuja Madhu
Ahuja Deepak
Vennelaganti Balasubramanyam SM
Yajvora Txuj
Vivek Srivastav

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