Nepal flash flood August 2026

The flood occurred along the Budhi Gandaki river in north central Nepal.

The flood was caused by a landslide that initially blocked the Budhi Gandaki river near the village of Chumchure.

Nepal's National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority said 95 people, including nine foreigners, have been taken to nearby towns.

Five people are missing and no casualties have been reported.

Nepal was still recovering from catastrophic floods that hit its border towns with Tibet two months ago, leaving more than 1,400 people dead and thousands missing.

The river's water levels at one location rose from two metres to nearly 8.5 metres within a couple of hours.

The landslide in Chumnubri village occurred in Gorkha district, about 100km west of Kathmandu.

Two women and three men were unaccounted for, with no reports of casualties, according to the NDRRMA.

Heavy rainfall in late September triggered floods and landslides in Nepal, killing at least 21 people according to the disaster agency.

The avalanche hit at a base camp where workers were preparing for foreign clients to arrive during the autumn climbing season.

At least 10 people were rescued from Mount Himlung after the avalanche.

Flooding and landslides were reported in the Manang district over the weekend, caused by heavy rainfall.

Uttar Pradesh relief commissioner Hrishikesh Bhaskar Yashod said the state registered 66.5mm of rain from Friday to Sunday morning, compared to a normal 7.6mm for the period.

Water Resources and Energy Minister Biraj Bhakta Shrestha said flooding of the Rahuganga River damaged the structure and transmission-line towers of a 40-megawatt hydropower project.

More than 1,000 houses were damaged in Uttar Pradesh after a depression over the Bay of Bengal moved inland and intensified rainfall.

5,285 people remain missing one month after catastrophic floods in Nepal.

Nepal faces a $4.78bn rebuilding bill after the floods.

More than 1,100 people are still in holding centres after the Nepal floods.

At least 1,453 people died when a torrent of mud, rock and water struck northern Nepal and the China-Tibet border on August 26.

A preliminary assessment by the government has placed the cost of the disaster at $5bn.

About 99 percent of Nepal's electricity comes from hydropower.

Shah said Nepal contributed less than one-tenth of 1 percent of the heat-trapping gases behind climate change.

Researchers from the World Weather Attribution group said the disaster was a 'compound crisis' shaped by long-term warming, glacier retreat, permafrost thaw and geological instability.

The United States pledged an additional $31m in new flood recovery support.

An estimated 10,000 school-age children face an uncertain educational future due to the floods.

More than 500 children are living in temporary shelter homes across Nepal's flood-affected districts, their parents either dead or missing.

As of the article's reporting, 18 children had been reunited with their parents.

Authorities say 5,130 people are still missing from the floods.

Anusa Thapa Magar returned to Betrawati from her job in the Maldives after hearing of Nepal's floods.

Anusa Thapa Magar is 23 years old.

'Aid influencers' are being accused of exploiting Nepal flood victims to boost social media followers.

Organisations are exploring new ways to raise awareness and funds for flood relief efforts in Nepal.

Al Jazeera's Nicolas Haque reported on the accusations against the influencers.

Rescue teams are battling thick mud and damaged infrastructure.

The flash floods left thousands of people missing.

The flash floods occurred three weeks before the recovery of the bodies.

A magnitude 7.8 earthquake in Nepal in 2015 may have further weakened the slope.

The disaster killed more than 1,400 people and left thousands still missing.

Prime Minister Balendra Shah will address the United Nations General Assembly on the issue next week, in his first foreign trip as Nepal's leader.

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The 23.1 percent decline in official development assistance in 2025 was the largest annual contraction on record.

Nepal has asked the United Nations' Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage for urgent support.

The flooding was triggered on August 26 by a glacial mountain collapse on the China-Nepal border.

Up to 654 megawatts of electricity would be transmitted for 18 hours per day until December 31.

At least 900 power station workers are among the more than 5,500 people still missing in Nepal.

AS Roma wore shirts emblazoned with the words “Together for Nepal” and the World Food Programme’s logo during their Champions League match against Fenerbahce.

Arsenal contributed to flood relief efforts through the Arsenal Foundation and its charity partner, Save the Children.

After the floods, more than 1,300 people were confirmed dead and 5,000 remained missing.

The State Department said approximately 70 Americans remain unaccounted for in the Nepal-China border region following flooding in August 2026.

The disaster has killed at least 1,399 people across Nepal and China's Tibet region.

More than 5,400 people remain missing across Nepal and China's Tibet region.

Under Nepal's Electronic Transactions Act, individuals who use social media to defame or harass others could face up to five years in jail and a fine of up to 100,000 rupees, or both.

Nepal is cracking down on online abuse directed at survivors of last month's deadly floods.

Prime Minister Balendra Shah warned that authorities will show no leniency to people who belittle those suffering from the floods.

Lu Haitao is 49 years old, married with a son, and was previously a farmer from Henan province in central China.

Lu Hairong said Lu had not shared his exact working location and she could only watch news sent by others in a mutual aid group for families of the missing.

Lu Haitao, a Chinese man, was rescued from a 225-meter hydropower tunnel in Nepal 10 days after devastating floods.

The UN and Nepal's government launched a $50 million appeal to support more than 84,000 affected people.

Lila Pieters Yahia warned of the risk of cholera and other communicable diseases.

The floods occurred on August 26.

Nepal's Armed Police Force discovered Chandika Shrestha.

Chandika Shrestha was discovered alive on the fourth floor of her partially buried house in the Nuwakot district on 5 September.

Chandika Shrestha is a 64-year-old woman.

Grieving relatives are performing symbolic last rites for missing flood victims using effigies made of sacred kusha grass.

Police have collected DNA samples from all recovered bodies before their burial to enable identification and matching with families later.

Nepal Police spokesman Abi Narayan Kafle says storing recovered bodies remains a major challenge because many are decomposed or in pieces and cannot be preserved for extended periods.

One day before this rescue, two men were pulled alive from another hydropower tunnel in Nepal.

At least 31 people have been killed in the autonomous region of Tibet, according to Xinhua.

Rescuers in Nepal pulled a Chinese national alive from a hydropower tunnel 10 days after floods caused devastation on the border.

The disaster has killed at least 1,331 people in Nepal and left about 5,000 missing, according to the country's national disaster authority.

Lu Haitao was rescued from a flooded tunnel at a hydropower plant in Rasuwa district, Nepal.

Officials in Tibet have recorded 31 deaths and 531 people missing due to the disaster.

Teams are searching for at least 900 others believed to be trapped in tunnels along the Trishuli River.

The rescue occurred nine days after a glacier collapse buried the site in ice, rock and mud.

Mud and rocks are making rescue efforts difficult.

Nepal's Army confirmed the rescue and posted videos and images from the scene on Facebook.

The flash flood at the Nepal-Tibet border has killed at least 1,287 people in Nepal.

Australia sent a 15-member team of drone specialists to Nepal on Friday to assist in rescue operations.

Reports emerged that two of the hundreds of workers trapped in tunnels at hydropower projects along the affected rivers had been rescued.

Authorities said more than 1,270 people have been killed and more than 4,700 are still missing.

China has sent a second contingent of DNA identification experts and a third batch of emergency relief supplies, according to the state-run Xinhua news agency.

The state-owned Nepal Electricity Authority owns six of the 12 damaged facilities.

The Upper Trishuli-1 project was one of Nepal's largest foreign direct investment ventures, valued at about $647m.

The backers of the Upper Trishuli-1 project include the Asian Development Bank and the International Finance Corporation.

Hundreds of foreign citizens from at least 34 countries are believed to be among those missing.

Rescue operations are taking place at seven hydropower tunnels in Nepal in which more than 150 people are feared trapped.

Col Jhabindra Reshmi said his teams had rescued more than 400 Nepali nationals and 270 foreign citizens following the flash flooding.

Forensic teams in Nepal are relying on DNA testing to identify flood victims.

Timure is the worst-hit area in Nepal from the flash floods.

Many flood victims in Nepal are dismembered, decomposed, and stripped of clothing.

The US Embassy in Kathmandu warned Americans against all travel to the affected region on Monday.

At least 4,247 people were listed missing in Nepal as of Monday.

The flooding occurred in the northern Rasuwa district along the border with Tibet at around 8:40 a.m. local time Wednesday.

More than 2,500 people remain missing after a glacier collapse in Nepal.

At least 781 people have been killed in flooding in Nepal.

Survivors in Nepal's Nuwakot district are digging through mud and debris for belongings left behind by flash floods.

Malaysia deployed its Special Malaysia Disaster Assistance Search and Rescue Team and contributed $1 million in recovery assistance.

Nepalese authorities began burials of some victims after collecting DNA samples for future identification.

The disaster occurred when a section of a glacier at an altitude of roughly 5,200 metres collapsed and fell around 1,200 metres before hitting the Lende River.

Authorities say at least 675 people have been killed in the flood.

Footage shows a house surrounded by raging floodwaters at the Nepal-Tibet border with people trapped on rooftops and balconies.

Authorities say nearly 2,500 people remain missing after the flood.

The border port of Gyirong is located in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region.

Rescuers raced to clear roads to the mudslide-hit border port of Gyirong so more personnel can reach the core disaster zone.

Al Jazeera's Katrina Yu reports from Beijing.

According to Nepal's Independent Power Producers' Association, 933 workers were missing across 11 hydropower project sites and tunnels in Rasuwa and Nuwakot districts.

The combined death toll from the floods in Nepal and China's Tibet region reached at least 750, with more than 3,000 people missing.

The United Kingdom pledged $6.8 million in aid, and the United Nations released $2.5 million in emergency funds.

Foreign journalists cannot travel to Tibet without government permission.

China's state-run flagship news bulletin has only broadcast a single still-frame shot of the flooding.

The International Campaign for Tibet said Beijing had been removing videos and other first-hand information from social media.

About 2,500 people are unaccounted for on both the Nepali and Chinese sides of the border, including dozens of Americans and other foreign nationals.

Officials are closely monitoring a second newly formed lake which has fueled concerns about further flooding.

The death toll from the flooding in Nepal rose to 616 according to Nepali police on Saturday morning.

The disaster was likely caused by a giant ice rock that crashed into the Lhende Khola River after an earthquake, according to the USGS.

The USGS stated the debris flow was likely triggered by a glacial collapse in Langtang National Park, Nepal, near the border with China on August 26, 2026.

Chinese authorities reported five people confirmed dead and 558 missing on the Chinese side of the border in Tibet.

An estimated $1bn in goods crosses the river between Detroit and Windsor each day.

A wall of mud and debris hit Gyirong in Tibet on Wednesday, causing flash floods that destroyed villages.

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The 2016 Aru Range glacier collapse in Tibet sent about 68 million cubic metres of ice down the mountain and killed nine herders.

The U.S. Geological Survey estimated more than 100 million cubic meters of ice, rock and debris were displaced.

The flooding caused destruction at least 62 miles downriver from the border in Nepal.

The flooding occurred in the northern Rasuwa district along the border with Tibet at around 8:30 a.m. local time on Wednesday.

The three American tourists were traveling with a Nepali company called Fishtail Tours and Travel.

The preliminary toll of the missing included 291 foreign nationals and 93 Nepali nationals.

Floodwaters swept into Mailung in Nepal's Rasuwa district.

A construction worker who filmed the mudslide was rescued by helicopter.

More than 100 people were rescued by helicopter after the floods.

Early reports attributed the collapse to a magnitude 4.4 earthquake, but the USGS later said the seismic signal was caused by the landslide itself.

A large section of glacier broke away above the Lhende river in Tibet at about 8:40am local time on Wednesday.

The ice and rock avalanche struck the river about 20km northeast of the Rasuwagadhi border crossing.

The article was published on 26 Aug 2026.

Nepal's army and police force have joined rescuers searching for hundreds of people still missing.

Powerful flash floods devastated the border region of Nepal and Tibet.

Nepalese Prime Minister Balendra Shah called for unity and patience and said the government takes full responsibility for rescue, treatment, food and shelter.

Nepal's Ministry of Culture and Tourism said some 579 tourists, more than 400 of them foreigners, were unaccounted for.

A flood last year in the Bhote Koshi River killed nine people, with 24 missing, and washed away the Friendship Bridge linking Nepal and China.