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Nepal urges villagers to evacuate after flood triggered by landslide, 5 missing
Authorities said a dry landslide blocked the river before it burst, leaving at least 5 people missing and damaging 45 houses, three hydropower projects and four bridges.
- 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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A sudden flood dragged dozens of homes and left at least five missing in central Nepal, authorities reported this Sunday, weeks after a similar disaster that killed more than 1,400 people.
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A new flood has caused extensive damage in Nepal. Authorities have urged citizens living near the river on Sunday to seek a safe place.
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