Flash Floods

Flash Floods

An aerial view shows a torrent of muddy water surging past houses and through the Trishuli River in the aftermath of flash floods at Trishuli Center in Nepal's Nuwakot district on 1 September, 2026. Photo: AFP

Rescuers battle flood debris, mud at Nepal hydropower tunnel as victims' families say 'we still have hope'

Families of missing workers are pressing authorities to accelerate rescue efforts as teams struggle to remove mud and debris blocking tunnels.

A drone view shows damaged buildings and houses covered in mud next to the Likhu River following deadly flash floods and mudslides in Devighat, Nuwakot district, Nepal, 30 August, 2026. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

Hundreds feared trapped in hydropower tunnels as Nepal-Tibet flood death toll tops 950

Firefighters conduct search and rescue operations along a river, after a mudslide in Gyirong county, Shigatse, Tibet Autonomous Region, China, August 29, 2026. Photo: cnsphoto via REUTERS

Nepal-Tibet flood death toll reaches 919, with 4,793 still missing

People view the destruction in the aftermath of flash floods and a mudslide, in Trishuli, Nuwakot district, Nepal, on 30 August 2026. Photo: Reuters

Nepal flood survivors return to ruins to salvage memories

Mud covers houses and a road following a flash flood at Trishuli in Nuwakot district, Nepal, 26 August. Photo: Reuters

Nepal flash flood death toll rises to 633, with nearly 3,000 missing

A drone view of mud-covered properties following a flash flood at Trishuli in Nuwakot district, Nepal, August 26, 2026. Photo: Reuters

Number of missing in Nepal, China floods soars past 2,400; death toll nears 600

A satellite view shows collapsed glaciers that, according to an expert, may have triggered flash floods and a mudslide in Langtang, Nepal on 26 August, 2026. USGS/Landsat 9/Handout via REUTERS

The world's deadliest glacier disasters

A drove view of mud covered properties following a flash flood at Trishuli in Nuwakot district, Nepal on 26 August 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar

Glacier collapse may have triggered deadly Nepal flash flood: Experts

A CCTV footage shows people running away as wall of mud and water destroys buildings in a valley at Nepal-China border, in Gyirong, Tibet region, China 26 August 2026, in this screengrab obtained from a social media video/REUTERS

Nepal rescuers search for survivors of devastating flood; 162 dead

Heavy flooding in Bangladesh is often caused by rainfall over certain places outside Bangladesh. Photo: Minhaj Uddin/File

16 districts at risk of flash floods as major rivers continue rising

Accumulated rainwater inundates roads in Chattogram. Photo: Collected

86 snakebite cases reported in 7 days as floodwaters rise in Ctg; waterborne diseases on the rise

A cabinet meeting held today at the Bangladesh Secretariat. 17 March 2026. Photo: PID

PM orders ministries to provide aid to hailstorm, flash floods victims

Gul Rasheed, 60, inspects a damaged car following a storm that caused heavy rains and flooding, in Bayshonai Kalay, Buner district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan, August 17, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro

Flash floods devastate Buner, Pakistan after rare cloudburst kills hundreds