The Nepalese Society of Texas will be holding a vigil for the victims of the recent deadly flood in Nepal.<\/p>\n
The vigil will take place on Monday, Sept. 7 at 8 p.m. at the Nepali Cultural and Spiritual Center in Euless.<\/p>\n
More than 1,300 people have now died following the August 26 flooding and mudslide, according to the Nepal Disaster Agency.<\/p>\n
Just shy of 5,000 people remain missing, including 589 foreign nationals. Four of the missing individuals come from North Texas.<\/p>\n
A husband and wife from Plano are among the thousands of people missing after a catastrophic landslide. <\/p>\n
Deepak and Madhu Ahuja, longtime Plano neighbors and business owners who have been married for 34 years, were in the area for a religious journey to Mount Kailash. Their family is now desperately trying to find them while holding out hope that they survived.<\/p>\n
Sushil Ahuja believes his older brother, Deepak, and sister-in-law, Madhu, were inside a building when a massive wall of floodwater hit. Surveillance video from the Tibetan side of the China-Nepal border captured the destruction.<\/p>\n
Another couple, Raghu Rajan and Archana Suresh, are also missing.<\/p>\n
The longtime Murphy residents, who have been married for 25 years, were expected to cross the China-Nepal border when the floods hit. Their phones last pinged that morning near a bridge that washed away.<\/p>\n
Dallas-based volunteer nonprofit Texans on Mission sent a team to Nepal to help after the floods devastated the community there.<\/p>\n
A small team of five volunteer members helped with immediate needs like food, cookware, and filter equipment to clean water.<\/p>\n
Texans on Mission told NBC 5 it planned to travel with at least 100 filters for villages with no power. It also had more advanced filter equipment to help locals rebuild after the massive flood.<\/p>\n