In brief
A sudden flash flood on the Budhi Gandaki River has destroyed around twenty houses, four bridges and a hydropower camp in Gorkha district. The army rescued 49 people but five remain missing. The surge was triggered by an upstream landslide that converted a calm stream into a destructive torrent. Nepal remains recovery‑mode after catastrophic floods on the Tibet border earlier this year.
On Sunday, the Budhi Gandaki River in Nepal's Gorkha district ripped through villages, sending bridges, about twenty houses and a hydropower camp downstream.
Army units rescued 49 people, but five remain missing, a district official said, as emergency crews work to assess the damage.
Experts attribute the deluge to a landslide upstream that released a sudden surge of water, transforming calm streams into destructive torrents.
The event follows a series of floods and landslides that struck the Nepal‑Tibet frontier two months ago, wiping out thousands of homes and crippling energy infrastructure.
Local authorities are calling for continued aid and faster rebuilding, as the region remains vulnerable to recurring climate‑driven disasters.
