Nepal Relief

Samaritan’s Purse has sent a team of disaster relief specialists to Nepal after devastating flash flooding caused deadly damage across the country. We will also focus on emergency feeding, and an airlift of relief supplies is in the works.

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Disaster relief specialists are headed to Nepal to work with trusted church partners on the ground. An airlift of emergency supplies is in the works. Devastating flash flooding on Aug. 26 killed hundreds of people in Nepal and along the Nepal-Tibet border this week. More than 1,400 people remain missing.

Samaritan’s Purse has sent a team of disaster relief specialists to Nepal to work with trusted Christian partners on the ground, whom we also worked with after the terrible 2015 earthquake and its aftershocks. Thousands of families are in need. We will focus on emergency feeding, and an airlift of relief supplies is in the works. The flight will include tarps, blankets, solar lights, hygiene kits, and more.

Samaritan’s Purse President Franklin Graham posted the following on Facebook on Aug. 26: “The media is calling the scenes of catastrophic flash flooding on the Nepal-Tibet border ‘apocalyptic.’ The numbers are not yet fully known, but more than 150 people are already confirmed dead, with many missing. Stranded residents were being rescued off rooftops by helicopter. Take a moment to stop and pray for the people of this region and for families anxiously awaiting news of their loved ones.” The death toll has now risen to more than 360 people and is expected to increase.

Search-and-rescue operation continue. Scientists believe part of a glacier plummeted or collapsed to the valley floor of this remote and mountainous region, which caused the equivalent of a 5.2 magnitude earthquake. Such a tremendous landslide pushed a terrifying wall of water down through the narrow river canyons and beyond for many miles, destroying buildings, homes, bridges, and roads.

Please pray for more survivors to be found in the coming hours. Pray for our upcoming airlift and for safe access to bring relief in Jesus’ Name alongside church partners. Finally, lift up families around the world who are grieving the loss of loved ones.