KATHMANDU, 7 September, 2026 (Ghufran): Nepal observed its final day of national mourning on Monday following devastating floods and mudslides that have killed at least 1,380 people, while rescue teams continued searching for more than 5,500 missing people. Government offices across the Hindu-majority country and Nepal’s diplomatic missions abroad flew the national flag at half-mast to mark the 13th day after the deaths, in accordance with traditional Hindu mourning rituals. The disaster occurred on August 26 when a massive wall of mud and rock, triggered by a glacier breaking off in the Himalayan region along the Nepal-China border, collapsed into a river, sweeping away towns and villages and burying roads and highways under debris. In recent days, rescue teams have managed to save four people, including a Chinese national who was pulled alive from a tunnel on Saturday. Two hydropower workers were also rescued from another tunnel on Friday, while a Nepali woman was pulled from her buried home on Saturday. Rescue operations have now focused on hydropower stations in the affected region, where authorities believe more survivors could still be trapped. Meanwhile, Chinese officials said workers recovered 12 additional bodies on Sunday as search operations continued for hundreds of people still missing in Tibet.