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The extraordinary velocity and scale of the flash flood in the Bhotekoshi River at around 8.40 a.m. on Wednesday (August 26, 2026) have left more than 600 dead and close to 2,500 missing, including foreign nationals, mostly from India. The Nepal government promptly got into action, mobilising personnel from the Nepal Army, Nepal Police and…
Damaged structures at a debris- and mud-covered area in the aftermath of devastating flash floods in Dhading district, Nepal. | Photo Credit: PTI GUWAHATI The Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) on Saturday (August 29, 2026) said five out of the 16 people from the State reported missing after the devastating flash flood in Nepal…
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People affected by flash floods and landslides are airlifted in an army helicopter in Nuwakot district, Nepal, August 28, 2026. | Photo Credit: Nepal Army/Handout via REUTERS Poor weather hampered aerial rescue operations in Nepal on Saturday (August 29, 2026) as the search for hundreds of missing people in areas devastated by catastrophic flash floods…
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A Nepal Army official conduct a search and rescue operation along side a river area at Charaudi, in Dhading district, Nepal, on August 28, 2026 | Photo Credit: PTI Nepal needs foreign help in specialised and technical areas in which it does not have expertise in the aftermath of the devastating flood that hit its…
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There has been no update on the whereabouts of a group of 77 pilgrims from the Isha Foundation that went missing after a massive flash flood struck areas near the China-Nepal border two days ago, the group’s coordinator said. The 77-member group, led by Isha Foundation, an organisation founded by Indian spiritual leader Jaggi Vasudev,…
A satellite image shows one of two lakes at the site of the glacial collapse in the border area between Nepal and Tibet Autonomous Region, China, on August 28, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Two more glacial lakes have formed in Nepal, near the apparent source of the ice-rock avalanche that triggered flooding in Nepal’s…
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The deadly flash flood in Nepal on Wednesday (August 26, 2026) was likely caused by a huge chunk of a glacier that broke off and temporarily dammed a river, according to preliminary investigations by scientists. That may have led to the backed-up water surging downstream with enormous force a few hours later, they suggested. Scientists…
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At least 290 Indians remain ‘uncontactable’ after Nepal flash flood, says MEA In a “preliminary assessment” of the situation following the flash flood in Nepal, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Thursday (August 27, 2026) said at least 290 Indian nationals remain “uncontactable”. On India’s support to Nepal as it deals with the disaster,…
An area covered in mud and silt washed along the devastating flash flood near Trishuli Dam, in Nuwakot district, Nepal, on August 27, 2026. | Photo Credit: PTI A fresh flood risk persists in downstream areas of the Bhote Koshi River in Nepal’s Rasuwa district after a new barrier lake formed near the river’s source,…
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Rescue workers searched for hundreds of people still missing on Thursday (August 27) after a wall of mud and rock collapsed into a river on the Himalayan border of Nepal and China’s Tibet a day earlier, triggering catastrophic flooding that swept through mountain towns and valleys, killing scores of people. Officials at Nepal’s Tourism Ministry…