Police confirm 18 deaths
Bodies are recovered in Rasuwa, Nuwakot, Dhading and Gorkha as searches, evacuations and road clearance continue.
Source: Nepal Police
Northern Nepal avalanche flood appeal · Published 26 August 2026 · Updated 26 August 2026
Northern Nepal emergency
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At least 18 people have died and hundreds are out of contact after a suspected ice avalanche sent a sudden flood through the Bhotekoshi corridor.
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How the flood and emergency response developed
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Hundreds remain out of contact
The Tourism Board reports 384 travellers out of contact, while authorities deploy tracing and rescue teams across the affected corridor.
Sources: Nepal Tourism Board and Radio Nepal
Sudden flood strikes Rasuwa
A powerful surge moves through Timure and Syabrubesi before travelling downstream, damaging settlements, roads, bridges and power facilities.
Sources: Rasuwa District Administration Office and Nepal authorities
Scientists examine a suspected avalanche blockage
Initial assessments suggest an ice-and-rock avalanche may have blocked the Lhende River before a sudden release, but the cause is not yet final.
Sources: ICIMOD and National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority
Verified emergency facts
Searches and impact assessments are still continuing
The figures below remain provisional while communications are restored and authorities reconcile casualty, tracing and infrastructure reports.
people confirmed dead
Nepal Police balance at 15:45 on 26 August.
tourists out of contact
A tracing figure, not a confirmed casualty total.
strategic road corridor damaged
Multiple bridges were also reported swept away.
Why help matters
Steep terrain and broken transport links can prolong isolation
Flood-affected households, stranded travellers and rescue teams need safe access, shelter, water, healthcare and reliable tracing information while roads, bridges and power systems are assessed.
The suspected avalanche cause and the first impact balances may change as satellite analysis, field searches and communications produce clearer evidence.
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- Road, bridge, electricity and communications restoration
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Sources used for this appeal
Fast-changing figures are dated and qualified. Later official updates may revise the casualty, tracing, damage and cause assessments.
- Nepal PoliceConfirmed deaths, evacuations, searches and road clearance · checked 26 August 2026
- Nepal Tourism BoardTravellers out of contact and tracing response · checked 26 August 2026
- Department of Hydrology and MeteorologyRiver corridor, flood monitoring and preliminary cause context · checked 26 August 2026
- National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority and ICIMODPreliminary avalanche and river-blockage assessment · checked 26 August 2026
- Public Service Broadcasting Radio Nepal and The Kathmandu PostIndependent and public-service reporting on rescue, infrastructure damage and people out of contact · checked 26 August 2026
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Why are the cause and impact figures provisional?
Searches, communications restoration and scientific assessments are continuing. Later official updates may change the casualty and tracing totals or refine whether an avalanche blockage, glacial-lake release or another process caused the flood.
First published: . Last fact-checked: .
- : Appeal first published with the latest provisional casualty, tracing, damage and cause information.