The scale of the disaster has left communities around the world anxiously awaiting news. Authorities say at least 2,500 people remain missing and at least 579 deaths have been confirmed as rescue crews continue searching devastated areas.<\/p>\n
For Anu Gupta of San Ramon, the crisis has become deeply personal.<\/p>\n
Gupta, who has strong ties to Nepal, shared photos of relatives who disappeared while traveling through the disaster zone. She said family members last heard from them shortly after they cleared immigration.<\/p>\n
“That was the last anybody heard from them,” Gupta said. “And that’s when the floods hit.”<\/p>\n
She said family members are clinging to hope that their loved ones reached higher ground and survived.<\/p>\n
“Some people managed to escape, we believe, to some high ground,” Gupta said. “We are hoping that they escaped. It’s just that there is no information.”<\/p>\n
The lack of answers has prompted an international search effort driven largely through social media.<\/p>\n
VIDEO: Deadly Nepal flood caused by enormous landslide, glacier tumble: Scientist<\/a><\/p>\n At least 47 American tourists were reported among hundreds of missing people following serious flash flooding in Nepal.<\/p>\n “We are all on social media scrambling to get information,” Gupta said. “It’s just traumatic. It’s devastating.”<\/p>\n As families await word from Nepal, support is growing throughout the Bay Area, home to one of the nation’s largest Nepali and Tibetan communities, particularly in the East Bay.<\/p>\n Contra Costa County Supervisor John Gioia said local leaders have heard widespread concern from community members.<\/p>\n “I heard from Nepali leaders yesterday there’s a lot of fear and angst, but also resiliency,” Gioia said.<\/p>\n That resilience will be on display next week when community members gather for a candlelight vigil at the Nepali Community Center in Richmond. Organizers say the event, scheduled for Thursday evening, is open to the public.<\/p>\n Gioia encouraged Bay Area residents to stand alongside those affected by the tragedy.<\/p>\n “I think for all of us in the community to support the Nepali and Tibetan community,” he said. “They’re vibrant members of our community here in Contra Costa and the Bay Area, and they appreciate that wider support in addition to supporting one another.”<\/p>\n For many Bay Area families, however, the waiting continues as rescue efforts press on and loved ones remain unaccounted for.<\/p>\n Community holds vigil for flood victims<\/p>\n Members of the Bay Area’s Nepali community gathered in Richmond on Friday night to honor victims of catastrophic flooding in Nepal and support families still awaiting news about missing loved ones.<\/p>\n Members of the Bay Area’s Nepali community gathered in Richmond on Friday night to honor victims of catastrophic flooding in Nepal and support families still awaiting news about missing loved ones.<\/p>\n “We were crying the whole night,” said Hercules City Councilmember Dilli Bhattarai.<\/p>\n Bhattarai said his 35-year-old nephew, Prakas, was traveling with a friend near one of the areas affected by the flooding.<\/p>\n “He was in Gosainkunda,” Bhattarai said.<\/p>\n After the flooding struck, family members were unable to contact him.<\/p>\n “Unfortunately, he got caught in this devastation and got disconnected for 48 hours,” Bhattarai said.<\/p>\n Bhattarai said his nephew was later found and rescued with the help of military personnel and rescue crews.<\/p>\n “That was huge huge relief for us,” he said. “I feel like not many other families are that lucky. I feel so sorry.”<\/p>\n
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