Roughly 80 Americans remain unaccounted for following the catastrophic Himalayan flood last Wednesday that killed hundreds of people, the State Department said.The update marks a decrease from a previous estimate of at least 90 Americans who went missing near the Nepal-China border."We can confirm that 13 American citizens have made their way to safety in Nepal," a State Department spokesperson told Fox News.Meanwhile, Nepal’s death toll has risen to 903, while the number of people still unaccounted for has nearly doubled to roughly 4,200, according to an update from local officials Sunday.TRAPPED NEPALI WORKERS PULLED FROM HYDROPOWER TUNNEL AFTER CATASTROPHIC FLOODINGA drone view shows mud covering properties following a flash flood at Trishuli in Nuwakot district, Nepal, August 26, 2026.(REUTERS/Stringer)According to officials, the disaster occurred in north-central Nepal when a distant slope failure involving a glacier triggered a rapidly moving debris flow that traveled roughly 62 miles downstream before striking a populated area.
Footage from the disaster showed a massive surge of water and debris suddenly rushing through the valleys, engulfing buildings in its path.On Sunday, a spokesperson for Nepal’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs provided an update on the toll."So far, 903 bodies have been recovered from the areas and about 4200 people are still unaccounted for.Over 10,000 people have been rescued from the regions, including over 323 foreign nationals.
As per the available data, about 590 foreign nationals are still missing, from 39 countries," the spokesperson said.Twenty-two of the missing Americans were part of a pilgrimage affiliated with a Tennessee-based nonprofit group, Isha Foundation coordination leader Jyoti Jankowski told Fox News Saturday.They were inside an immigration building when the flooding struck the area, Jankowski said.MORE THAN 3,000 MISSING AFTER COLOMBIA EARTHQUAKE AS TRUMP ADMINISTRATION PROVIDES $15.5 MILLION IN RELIEFA drone ...