{"id":878454,"date":"2026-08-31T17:26:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T17:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/878454\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T17:26:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T17:26:11","slug":"vigil-in-surrey-b-c-honours-victims-of-deadly-nepal-flooding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/878454\/","title":{"rendered":"Vigil in Surrey, B.C., honours victims of deadly Nepal flooding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/a\/assets\/texttospeech.svg\" alt=\"Text to Speech Icon\" width=\"44\" height=\"44\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Listen to this article<\/p>\n<p>Estimated 2 minutes<\/p>\n<p>The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.<\/p>\n<p>Candles, prayer flags and flowers were laid out on Sunday in Surrey, B.C., where scores of people turned out to a vigil for the victims of the deadly flooding in Nepal.<\/p>\n<p>At least 900 people were killed and about 4,700 people are missing in Nepal and China combined following the catastrophic Aug. 26 flash flood that struck Nepal&#8217;s Timure region. <\/p>\n<p>Among them are 31 Canadian citizens and permanent residents, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/british-columbia\/nepal-flood-missing-metro-vancouver-couples-9.7325518\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">at least four known to be from British Columbia<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Over the weekend, federal officials said one Canadian who had been unaccounted for was located safely. <\/p>\n<p>WATCH | Surrey vigil honours victims of Nepal flooding:<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1788197170_313_default.jpg\"  alt=\"\" class=\"thumbnail\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"video-item-title\">Candlelight vigil held in Surrey, B.C., for Nepal flood victims<\/p>\n<p>Hindu Buddhist Foundation of Canada president Amakant Subedi said it was important for the community to come together to pray and support one another. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That is a big humanitarian loss,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Even those people are losing their properties, and we just going to pray for the bodies and [people] who lost their life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sunita Ghimire was among those who came out to light a candle. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can&#8217;t be there with them, but our heart and our mind, our soul is still there,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>WATCH | B.C. Teej festival organizers send funds to Nepal:<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1788197171_464_default.jpg\"  alt=\"\" class=\"thumbnail\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"video-item-title\">Teej festivals cancelled across B.C., money redirected to Nepal disaster relief<\/p>\n<p>British Columbia&#8217;s Nepali community has been rallying in the wake of the disaster. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are together with them, and at the same time, we are also working together,&#8221; said Madhu Acharya, founding president of the Hindu Buddhist Foundation temple where the vigil was held.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are collecting some donations with whatever our capacity is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Hindu Buddhist Foundation of Canada has raised about $10,000 so far for urgent aid to the flood stricken region. <\/p>\n<p>Earlier this weekend, the Nepali Canadian Women\u2019s Society of B.C. cancelled its upcoming Teej celebration, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/british-columbia\/teej-events-cancelled-9.7325751\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">directing about $15,000 in ticket sales and donations<\/a> to disaster relief instead.<\/p>\n<p>The Canadian government has pledged $5 million for emergency relief efforts in Nepal.<\/p>\n<p>Scientists believe the flood was the result of a glacial collapse, which formed a temporary, high-altitude lake that burst and sent a catastrophic wave of water and debris down on the valleys below. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":878455,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194299],"tags":[49,48,87674],"class_list":["post-878454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-surrey","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-surrey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/878454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=878454"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/878454\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/878455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=878454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=878454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=878454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}