Nepal urges villagers to evacuate after flood triggered by landslide, 5 missing
Authorities said a landslide blocked the Budhi Gandaki River and triggered the flood, with at least 82 people rescued and five still missing.
- On Sunday, October 11, 2026, a flash flood swept down the Budhi Gandaki River in Nepal's Gorkha district, destroying homes and bridges as authorities issued urgent evacuation warnings to downstream communities.
- A landslide in Chumnubri Rural Municipality blocked a tributary early Sunday morning, creating a dam that breached and released a violent surge of water downstream, devastating settlements along the river.
- Preliminary reports indicate nearly 35 houses and six bridges were swept away, while floodwaters damaged the 341-megawatt Budhi Gandaki hydropower project in Salleri. Officials confirmed 49 people were rescued, though at least 10 remain missing.
- The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority deployed helicopters and ground forces to evacuate residents, while warning communities in Gorkha, Dhading, Tanahun, and Chitwan to move to higher ground immediately.
- This disaster follows catastrophic floods in August 2026 that killed more than 1,400 people and caused $4.7 billion in damages, underscoring Nepal's extreme vulnerability to sudden hydrological shifts in its mountainous river valleys.
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Nepal orders evacuations after landslide triggers Budhi Gandaki flash flood
Nepal’s authorities ordered residents along the Budhi Gandaki River to evacuate on Sunday, 11 October, after a sudden flash flood swept away homes and other buildings in the country’s mountainous north-central region.
Flash floods swept away houses and bridges and damaged a hydroelectric project along a river in central Nepal. The army said on Sunday it had rescued 49 people from the affected areas, but five others were still missing, the district's top official confirmed, foreign media reported, according to Telegrafi. Buildings swept away as flash floods hit central Nepal. #Nepal #BBCNews youtube.com The flood is believed to have been caused by a landslide …
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Sudden floods hit central Nepal on Sunday, razing homes and leaving at least five people missing, authorities reported, weeks after the devastating floods that claimed hundreds of lives. Videos circulating on the Internet showed a dark, debris-filled river opening through the hills of Gorkha district. "What we know is that a dry landslide had blocked the river and then overflowed, causing a flood," the head of the national disaster management ag…
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