{"id":8033,"date":"2026-08-30T21:06:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T21:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=8033"},"modified":"2026-08-30T21:06:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T21:06:16","slug":"south-bay-father-among-those-missing-in-nepal-tibet-border-floods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=8033","title":{"rendered":"South Bay father among those missing in Nepal-Tibet border floods"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p>MILPITAS \u2014 A 48-year-old Milpitas father of two is among the hundreds of people missing following catastrophic floods along the Nepal-Tibet border, according to his brother.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=8031\">Review: Artists gather to pay tribute to late great music hero in concert<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Prabhath Sajeepa was traveling through Gyirong Port, a land border crossing in the Himalayas, when the disaster struck, his brother, Praneeth Kumar, said in a social media post.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have not been able to establish contact with him since,\u201d Kumar said.<\/p>\n<p>Sajeepa is a technical director at Everpure, a Santa Clara-based enterprise data storage company, according to his LinkedIn page.<\/p>\n<p>Originally from India, Sajeepa has been an American citizen for about 15 years, NBC Bay Area reported.<\/p>\n<p>An avalanche is believed to have caused Wednesday\u2019s floods. The disaster killed nearly 600 people and left almost 2,500 missing, according to the Associated Press.<\/p>\n<p>Sajeepa was among 80 people on a pilgrimage organized by the Isha Foundation, a nonprofit spiritual organization founded in 1992 by Jagadish Vasudev, also known as Sadhguru.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=8030\">They said it: Not passing the smell test<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In a recorded statement, Vasudev said the group reached the immigration facility in Gyirong Port roughly 10 minutes before a torrent of mud and water hit the town.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe have no \u2026 official confirmation of any kind, but looking at the scale of destruction, it looks bad,\u201d he said, noting that the facility, along with half of the town, was washed away.<\/p>\n<p>Kumar said his family is urgently seeking information from anyone who may have seen Sajeepa.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are praying for Prabhath and everyone affected by this terrible disaster,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=8028\">San Jose State takeaways: Spartans encouraged by late push in loss to No. 14 USC<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Check back for updates.<\/em><\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 48-year-old Milpitas father of two is among the hundreds of people missing following catastrophic floods along the Nepal-Tibet border, according to his brother.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8032,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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