Georgia Mom Among Thousands Missing in Nepal Floods

Mary Sorensen, a 60-year-old environmental consultant from Canton, Georgia, remains missing after catastrophic floods in Nepal tied to a glacier collapse and a Himalayan mudslide. The disaster has killed well over 1,000 people and left thousands more unaccounted for, including dozens of Americans, as rescue teams comb debris across the Nepal-Tibet border. Sorensen was on a spiritual Mansarovar pilgrimage to Mount Kailash with the Isha Sacred Walks group and last communicated from an immigration center near Rasuwagadhi before the building was flooded and swept away. Her family holds out hope, sharing messages of love and gratitude and expressing faith in a miracle while prayers and prayers for a safe return continue. Rescue and recovery efforts face difficult terrain and disrupted infrastructure, with authorities working to determine the fate of travelers and to assist survivors in affected communities. Sorensen’s case has drawn attention to the scale of the disaster and the ongoing uncertainty facing hundreds of missing persons and their families.