The count has not moved for a third morning; the rivers have not emptied either.183 dead and 515 injured, including 83 children, at a Sep 11–12 vintage — carried, not re-counted, because no fresher official figure could be confirmed. The meteorological service warns of further mid-September rain onto rivers already carrying upstream water. The 2025-vintage carryover figures circulating alongside these were screened out. (Handled with care.)
THE RECORD
10 turning points on record since Aug 24 — the 8 most recent shown.
Sep 17▽ eased
Sep 16active → easing · eased sharply
Sep 15building → active
Sep 13↑ firmed
Sep 12cresting → building
Sep 11▽ eased
Sep 8active → cresting · intensified sharply
Aug 28▽ slipped down the board
WHO IT TOUCHES
Public safetynine national warning systems live at once, one with danger-to-life wording, one with a published clock, and the biggest one still entirely ahead
Healthfloodwater reaching dense settlement on four continents, two ledgers at different vintages, and a heat tier that reaches outdoor workers
Agricultureharvest and livestock decisions on five continents, a monsoon that means opposite things at each end of one country, and one release a grower can read off a timetable
CONNECTED
Two human ledgers that behaved differently for the first time in a week — Nepal's rose to a reported 1,399 recovered and about 6,150 missing as the search went on, while Pakistan's held frozen at 183 dead and 515 injured on a Sep-11/12 vintage.
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