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A major flood along the Budhi Gandaki River in Nepal's Gorkha district has swept away houses and bridges, damaged parts of a hydropower station, and left five people missing while rescuing around 50 others. The river’s water level rose from two meters to nearly eight and a half meters within hours, displacing families just as they were preparing for the Dashain festival. Authorities are still assessing damage but note that this flood is smaller and slower-moving than August's devastating flash floods, which left over 1,400 people dead nationwide.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-11,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
On October 11, 2026, flash flooding from the Budhi Gandaki river in north-central Nepal forced evacuations as homes and other structures were destroyed. The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA) ordered villagers to move to safer areas, remaining on alert until late Sunday. A landslide near Chumnubri village in Gorkha district blocked the river, causing downstream flooding that swept away at least a dozen houses, two suspension bridges, and parts of hydroelectric projects. Videos showed buildings being carried off by floodwaters, with Salleri Bazaar and Jagat Bazaar particularly hard hit. The disaster comes as Nepal recovers from earlier floods in August near the China border that left over 1,400 people dead. No casualties were immediately reported for this incident, but five people remain missing.
Written for “Nepal Floods Evacuations” on 2026-10-11,
grounded in this article and the 7 other(s) covering the same event.
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A major river in Nepal has flooded, sweeping away houses, bridges and damaging a part of hydropower station, authorities have said.
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Around 50 people have been rescued from along the bank of the Budhi Gandaki River in the central Gorkha district, the army confirmed.
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No casualties have been reported yet, however five people are missing.
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A video of the flood shows the moment raging waters sweep down a valley and wash away an entire building complex.
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Nepal is on high alert and still trying to recover from catastrophic floods that hit its border towns with Tibet two months ago, leaving more than 1,400 people dead and thousands missing.
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Sunday's flood tore through the Gorkha district as children and communities prepared to mark the first day of the Dashain festival, a major moment in the Nepali calendar.
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Families have been forced to flee their homes, with many facing uncertainty over where they will find safe shelter and access to essential supplies.
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The flood swept away about a dozen houses and several suspension bridges, while a hydroelectric project was damaged, carrying some of the construction equipment away, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority said.
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Within a couple of hours, the river's water levels at one location had risen from two metres (6ft 5in) to nearly 8.5m (27ft 9in), officials said.
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Binod Parajuli, a meteorologist who works with the Nepalese government, said: "Our hydrological station was swept away and we are not getting any data from that location."
However, experts say the debris-flow is much smaller and travelled more slowly than the devastating flash floods in August.
What caused the latest flood is still unclear.
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Some say a landslide may have blocked the river or its tributary for some time, causing the dammed water to burst out, while others say locals upstream saw an ice-avalanche.
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Save the Children is mobilising an emergency team to respond to Sunday's flood.
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"Children's lives have been ripped apart in an instant yet again", the charity's director in Nepal, Tara Chettry, said.
"We are yet to see the full scale of the damage, but they may have lost their homes, schools and communities.
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Many children in Gorkha will still be in shock and distress after the mega floods in August, barely having a chance to get back on their feet.
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The Budhi Gandaki is a tributary of the Trishuli river, downstream from another tributary where a glacier collapse caused the previous disaster.
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