What we know about the 33 British nationals missing in Nepal
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What we know about the 33 British nationals missing in Nepal
Image source: Pramod Poudel and Naresh Goyal
Image caption: Sumitra Sapkota (left) and Neetu Goyal Tiwari (right) have been missing since the floods hit Nepal
By Henry Moore
Published 28 August 2026, 07:56 BST
Updated 22 minutes ago
Families are flying out to Nepal to help in the ongoing search for 33 British nationals still missing after deadly floods hit the country.
The brother of Neetu Goyal Tiwari, one of the missing Brits who has not been seen since Wednesday, has appealed to officials to locate his sister:
"Please help us find her," Naresh Goyal told the BBC as he struggled to hold back his emotions.
On Friday, Nepalese authorities named 573 tourists still missing in the country and despite fears of a second wave of flooding, search efforts have continued.
As rescue operations continue in the aftermath of the disaster which killed at least 538 people, details of the missing are slowly emerging.
What we know:
- Tiwari, 51, had travelled to Nepal for the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra pilgrimage, "her dream," her brother told the BBC. She was expected to return to India on Thursday but never arrived.
- Her husband, Shantanu, said she was at the Gyirong checkpoint when the floods struck, making China a key country in the search efforts.
- Anant Patel is still waiting for news on his missing parents, Bipin and Mala Patel, who are believed to have crossed into Tibet from Nepal moments before the landslide hit the Gyirong border crossing.
- Pramod Poudel lives in Uckfield in East Sussex. He told the BBC he hasn't heard from his wife, Sumitra Sapkota, or family since the flood hit on Wednesday and is travelling home to Nepal as "my family needs me."
- Essex nurse Rajendra Pudasaini said relatives were swept away by the floods: "My wife's auntie and uncle, their granddaughter and her husband are missing, and my godson as well. They're gone."