{"id":43917,"date":"2026-08-27T14:20:42","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T12:20:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=43917"},"modified":"2026-08-27T14:20:42","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T12:20:42","slug":"six-south-africans-missing-in-nepal-flash-floods","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/six-south-africans-missing-in-nepal-flash-floods\/","title":{"rendered":"Six South Africans missing in Nepal flash floods \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Six South Africans are among nearly 1 500 people reported missing after catastrophic flash floods and mudslides swept through parts of northern Nepal and neighbouring Tibet.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The death toll has climbed past 160 across both sides of the border, with police warning the figure will rise as emergency crews reach isolated mountain areas.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>According to the Nepal Tourism Board, almost 800 foreign nationals, including trekkers and pilgrims, remain unaccounted for following the surge along the Trishuli and Bhote Koshi river systems.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>More than 5 000 soldiers and police personnel are engaged in search and rescue efforts, using helicopters to drop food and essential supplies to communities stranded by destroyed infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>However, rescue operations face severe physical obstacles and secondary hazards along the damaged terrain.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Nepalese authorities suspect an earthquake near the Tibetan border triggered an avalanche that released massive volumes of water and mud into the river valleys, sweeping away bridges, roads, and border posts.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":43918,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-43917","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Six South Africans unaccounted for as Nepal flash flood death toll surpasses 160","published_date":"2026-08-27 14:19:19","news_description":"Six South Africans unaccounted for as Nepal flash flood death toll surpasses 160","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/43917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/43917\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43919,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/43917\/revisions\/43919"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=43917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}