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Flash flood in Nepal's Gorkha strands over 100 trekkers, five people missing
A flash flood triggered by a predawn landslide that blocked the Budhi Gandaki River hit Gorkha district on Sunday, 11 October, with no deaths reported but five people out of contact. The army rescued 321 people on Monday, 12 October, while more than 100 foreign trekkers remained stranded on the Manaslu trail.
- Oct 1
Avalanche at Nepal's Himlung Himal base camp kills 15 local expedition staff
Rescuers in Nepal have recovered 15 bodies from the Himlung Himal base camp after a cyclone-driven avalanche buried 16 local expedition workers under four metres of snow.
- Sep 28
Flooding and landslides kill over 100 across northern India and Nepal
Severe monsoon downpours caused extensive flooding and landslides across northern India and Nepal, killing at least 81 people in Uttar Pradesh and 27 in Nepal while displacing tens of thousands.
- Sep 26
Nepal demands grant-based climate aid at UN after Himalayan glacier flood kills over 1,400
Prime Minister Balendra Shah asked the UN General Assembly for direct grant financing to rebuild from a glacier flood that killed at least 1,450 people, leaving $4.78 billion in damage across Nepal.
- Sep 16
Study links climate change to Nepal glacier collapse as death toll tops 1,400
A World Weather Attribution study found rising temperatures and permafrost thaw triggered the Langtang Lirung collapse, as Nepal seeks 20 million dollars in United Nations climate aid.
- Sep 16
Nepal raises flood missing toll to 6,150 after Himalayan glacier collapse
Nepal updated the missing toll from the 26 August glacier collapse to 6,150 on Wednesday, bringing total missing persons across Nepal and China to at least 6,669 as recovery continues.
- Sep 13
Nepali worker survives 10 days in flooded hydropower tunnel after deadly glacial flood
Hydropower labourer Sanjay Sah returned home to Saptari district after surviving ten days trapped in a flooded tunnel following the 26 August 2026 glacial flood in northern Nepal.
- Sep 12
Nepal estimates glacial flood reconstruction at $4.78 billion as death toll reaches 1,428
The Nepalese government projected a $4.78 billion reconstruction cost following the 26 August glacial collapse that killed 1,428 people across Nepal and Tibet, prompting plans to seek climate aid at the United Nations.
- Sep 9
Nepal focuses flood rescue on three hydropower tunnels as death toll reaches 1,400
Emergency teams in Nepal are pumping oxygen into three buried hydropower tunnels where dozens of workers remain trapped two weeks after a glacial collapse killed 1,400 people across Nepal and Tibet.
- Sep 6
Rescuers pull two survivors alive 10 days after Nepal glacial floods
Emergency teams rescued a Chinese hydropower worker and a Nepali woman on 5 September, 10 days after a glacial collapse killed over 1,300 people.
- Sep 5
Rescuers extract two workers alive in Nepal as glacial flood toll reaches 1,290
Search teams in Nuwakot rescued two hydroelectric workers trapped underground for nine days following a glacial collapse that killed at least 1,290 people across Nepal.
- Sep 1
Himalayan flood death toll exceeds 1,000 as hundreds remain trapped in tunnels
Rescue teams in Nepal and Tibet are searching for more than 4,500 missing people after a glacial collapse triggered flash floods that killed at least 1,066.
- Aug 30
Quick evacuation saves 900 pupils in Nepal minutes before flood destroys school
Headmaster Rajendra Dawadi evacuated Tribhuvan Trishuli Secondary School in Nuwakot district after phone calls warned of an oncoming glacial mudflow, safely moving students onto hillsides 13 minutes before water destroyed the campus.
- Aug 30
Three Italian tourists missing in Nepal floods as nationwide death toll tops 680
Nepalese police listed Luca Barachini, Patrizia Marziale, and Marco Ratto among the missing following flash floods that left over 680 dead across the country.
- Aug 29
Hundreds of pilgrims missing after flash flood destroys Nepal-China border crossing
A flash flood of water, ice, and debris has destroyed the border post between Nepal and China, leaving at least 200 Indian pilgrims, four Germans, and numerous Western travelers unaccounted for in the Trishuli Valley.
- Aug 29
Nepal flood death toll reaches 623 with 2,500 missing after Himalayan glacial collapse
At least 623 people have died and 2,500 remain missing across Nepal and Tibet following a glacial collapse on Wednesday. Rescuers are searching mud-covered valleys while over 100 workers remain trapped in a hydropower tunnel.
- Aug 28
Himalayan border floods leave at least 392 dead and over 1,400 missing across Nepal and Tibet
Glacier collapse and massive flash floods along the Nepal-Tibet border have killed at least 392 people, while more than 1,400 remain missing as emergency teams deploy across damaged mountain valleys.
- Aug 27
Three Italians untraceable after deadly floods strike Nepal-Tibet border region
Rescuers in Nepal are searching for three missing Italian citizens, including 50-year-old jeweler Marco Ratto, after flash floods and debris flows along the border with Tibet left hundreds dead and over 1,500 unaccounted for.
- Aug 26
Himalayan flash flood toll reaches 691 across Nepal and Tibet after glacier collapse
A glacial collapse in the Himalayas triggered flash floods that killed at least 691 people across Nepal and Tibet, with thousands still missing as international rescue teams deploy to search flooded valleys and hydropower tunnels.
- Aug 26
Nepal and Tibet glacial collapse triggers flash floods, killing 160 people
A glacial collapse in the Himalayas triggered flash floods along the Nepal-Tibet border, leaving 160 people dead and 579 missing across mountain valleys and border crossings.
