Watch: Family watches in horror from balcony as strong floodwaters wash away everything but their house

A family watched in horror from the balcony of a green-painted house as raging floodwaters swept through the area, carrying debris and tearing apart buildings around them in one of Nepal’s deadliest disasters in years.Video footage of the house went viral after showing the family apparently trapped inside as muddy, fast-moving water surged around the building. Nearby structures were swept away by the force of the flood, while debris could be seen being carried through the streets.Yet in a later video, the green house was still standing, surrounded by torrents of floodwater.The floods have killed at least 626 people in Nepal, according to local authorities, while 2,426 people remain missing. More than 3,700 people have been rescued so far. The disaster has also claimed seven lives in neighbouring Tibet, where more than 550 people are reported missing.Heavy rain returned to parts of northern Nepal on Saturday, hampering rescue operations and raising fears of further flooding. In Trishuli, the military warned residents of possible additional surges, while teams remained on alert over a lake formed by water and debris after a glacier collapse near the Nepal-China border.At the Upper Trishuli-1 hydropower project in Rasuwa district, rescuers continued searching for more than 100 people believed to be trapped inside a tunnel filled with up to 1.5 metres of mud. Rescue teams have used ropes and baskets to reach survivors, but the operation has been made harder by the thick mud and limited helicopter landing areas.As helicopters resumed flights in Nuwakot after bad weather disrupted operations, soldiers evacuated survivors, including babies and elderly people, while others delivered clothes, rice, noodles and other supplies.In Kathmandu, the scale of the loss was becoming clearer as desperate families gathered outside hospitals searching for missing relatives. Photographs and contact details of missing people covered walls, while officials displayed images of unidentified bodies in the hope that someone would recognise them.At a hospital help desk, security official Gajendra Rawat said about 1,600 missing people had been registered.“I came here with the hope that I might find him,” Dil Maya Lama said while searching for her missing brother. “There is no information about him.”Catch the latest World News and Live updates. Download the TOI app.