Nepal flash floods: Death toll rises to 1,344 amid desperate search for survivors
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Current understanding
Reports on the Nepal floods give differing tolls, with one headline saying the death toll has risen to 1,344 and another putting it at 1,342. The same reports say thousands remain missing, though the figures vary. [1][2]
Other headlines also describe the death toll as rising, with figures reported as 1,293 and 1,290, while rescue operations are said to be continuing. [3][4]
One report places the death toll at 1,287 and says 5,083 people are missing, underscoring that the published counts are not fully consistent. [5][1][2][3]
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Impact assessment
100/100
Impact assessment
critical human impact
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Each dimension is scored separately out of 100.
The strongest evidenced dimension establishes the base score. Separate human-impact dimensions can add a bounded share of the remaining headroom without double-counting the same harm.
The current fatality scale reaches 100 at 100 reported deaths. Since this headline reports 1,344, the loss component is capped at 100/100; the exact count still breaks ranking ties.
What the reporting supports
- Reported deaths1,344 reported deaths
Death toll rises to 1,344