Nepal struggles to identify the remains found in floods

To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Cover image: جثث من فيضانان نيبال في العاصمة كاتماندو، في 2 أيلول سبتمبر 2026. © أسوشيتد برس. 01:22 On the ground Asia / Pacific Issued on: 03/09/2026 - 12:06 The recent flash floods in Nepal have left authorities facing a major challenge: identifying the remains that have been recovered, some of which are in an advanced state of decomposition. For health reasons, unidentified bodies have begun to be buried. Before each burial, DNA samples are taken, while relatives of people reported missing can visit DNA collection centres to provide samples of their own. Their genetic profiles can then be compared with those of the recovered remains, in the hope of identifying them. FRANCE 24’s team on the ground reports. Keywords for this article