A month after devastating floods struck the border between Nepal and China, families of over 50 missing Ukrainians are still waiting for answers. Among them is Olena Kalynychenko, a 36-year-old woman who disappeared while traveling from China to Nepal on her way home. Her last known location was exiting China at a border post at 10:22 a.m. local time, just 15 minutes before the flood hit. Kalynychenko was part of a group of 56 people, mostly Ukrainians, who had traveled to Mount Kailash in Tibet for a spiritual retreat. The group, led by Irina Blonskaya, a spiritual teacher who often organized such retreats, was returning from their journey when the flood struck on August 26. Their original plan was to travel by bus from the Tibet region to Kathmandu, where they would board flights back to their home countries. Their last message was sent at 8:27 a.m. Nepal time, about 10 minutes before the mountain slope collapsed. The floods were caused when a section of ice and rock broke away from a Himalayan mountain slope, creating a fast-moving torrent of water, ice, mud, and debris. This disaster destroyed communities and Gyirong Port, a border crossing used by pilgrims traveling to or returning from Mount Kailash. The floods killed more than 1,400 people and left over 6,000 missing, most on the Nepali side of the border. Nepal has reported that 636 foreign nationals remain missing, including 54 Ukrainians, while China has reported 261 foreign nationals missing, including one Ukrainian. Families in Ukraine say most of them have not received any updates since learning their relatives were among the missing. Nepal has recovered 1,451 bodies, but only 112 have been handed over to families so far. The government has collected DNA samples from 2,035 relatives, but it has not disclosed how many victims have been identified. The Chinese government has told at least two families that their relatives left Chinese territory before the flood, but they have not been able to confirm whether they entered Nepal, as Nepal’s immigration records were destroyed in the floods. Vladsylava Horlova’s mother, Elena, was also part of the group. She initially found her mother’s name on the list of the missing from the Nepali government but has not received further information. Later, the Chinese embassy confirmed her mother had left the country and was not counted in China's list of missing people. Horlova, a college student and refugee in Norway, worries her mother may have been in a no-man’s-land between the two countries when the flood struck. She has reached out to various organizations, including the Ukrainian embassy in China, Norwegian police, and the Red Cross, and has submitted her DNA sample to help with the search. Despite the passage of a month since the disaster, some families continue to hold on to hope. Just days before Kalynychenko left for her travels, she organized a retreat for women in Ukraine whose partners were fighting on the front lines of the war. Oles Visich, her partner, sees the irony in his situation but remains positive. A psychologist, Visich has written a support guide for others in similar circumstances, offering mental health tips. For him, the most important thing in his relationship with Olenka is ensuring that each other is happy.