Ottawa says 32 Canadians are missing in Nepal after devastating floods killed at least 570 people. Genevieve Beauchemin reports on what Canada’s doing to help. <\/p>\n
The brother of a Canadian man among those missing after flash floods swept through an area along the Nepal-Tibet border says their family is on edge waiting for information.<\/p>\n
Dhaval Shah and his wife Megha Shah, from Port Moody, B.C., were on a spiritual journey in Nepal when the floods hit. Dhaval\u2019s brother Kheval Shah, reached at his home in Mumbai, India, said his family is desperate to know if they\u2019ve been rescued or found.<\/p>\n
\u201cEverybody is on edge to get some news, if they\u2019re rescued or found or something. Something which will make the family understand what happened to them,\u201d Kheval Shah said in an interview Saturday.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re hoping that they find them and some miracles happen and we see them again,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
After Nepali authorities updated their figures Saturday, the combined toll in Nepal and Tibet rose to 676 dead and nearly 3,000 people missing. Chinese authorities have reported seven deaths and more than 550 missing, while Nepal\u2019s disaster agency said the death toll had climbed to 669 with 2,426 people missing.<\/p>\n
Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said Saturday that one of the 32 Canadian citizens and permanent residents missing in the disaster had been found safely.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis brings the total number of Canadians whose whereabouts haven\u2019t been confirmed to 31. This number may still fluctuate as new information comes in,\u201d Anand said in a statement.<\/p>\n
No Canadians are among the 121 foreign nationals the Nepal Tourism Board said Friday had been rescued.<\/p>\n
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A person moves debris amid damage in the aftermath of flash floods in Devighat in the Nuwakot district in Nepal, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026. (AP Photo\/Niranjan Shrestha) A person moves debris amid damage in the aftermath of flash floods in Devighat in the Nuwakot district in Nepal, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026. (AP Photo\/Niranjan Shrestha) <\/p>\n
Many of the missing were believed to have been on a pilgrimage to Mount Kailash in Tibet, a sacred site for Hindus, Buddhists and others. Hundreds of others have been displaced across the Himalayan region.<\/p>\n
Shah said he last heard from his brother on Monday, and a cousin of theirs heard from the couple on Tuesday. He believes his brother and sister-in-law were waiting for immigration offices to open in order to leave Nepal at the Tibet border when the flash floods hit.<\/p>\n
He said the Canadian government should press Nepal for answers and more information about missing Canadians.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know they\u2019re doing something, but I feel that they must really push… to find where they are and to get some information,\u201d Shah said.<\/p>\n
Canada has said it will send $5 million in urgent humanitarian aid to support Nepal, with the money earmarked for organizations like the Red Cross to deliver assistance to people on the ground.<\/p>\n
More than 3,700 people have been rescued in Nepal as of Saturday.<\/p>\n
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 29, 2026.<\/p>\n
By Lyndsay Armstrong in Halifax<\/p>\n
With files from The Associated Press<\/p>\n
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