Recent Flood & Real Impact
On 26 August 2026 a massive flood struck the Bhote Koshi system in Rasuwa. Its effects travelled downstream through an interconnected river system, far beyond where it began.
Live Flood Status
These figures are not written into this page. They are held in a single data file with their source, date and reporting time, and change only when a newer verified government update is published.
Breakdown of the bodies-recovered figure from the single snapshot shown above. Figures from different reporting times are never combined.
What Happened
The disaster began on 26 August at approximately 8:40 AM, when a massive flood struck the Bhote Koshi system in Rasuwa. The impact spread far beyond the location where the flood began.
It affected riverbank communities and infrastructure across Rasuwa, Nuwakot, Dhading, Gorkha and downstream districts, while bodies carried downstream have been recovered across multiple districts and even in India.
This was not simply a localised flood in one town. The effects travelled downstream through an interconnected river system.
The Human Cost
This disaster should never be reduced to a counter. Families have lost parents, children, relatives and friends.
Thousands have been reported missing or out of contact during different stages of the disaster. Many bodies recovered downstream have required identification, while families continue searching for missing loved ones. The Government of Nepal has emphasised that casualty and missing-person figures continue to change as search and verification operations proceed.
Missing Persons
Search the Government of Nepal’s official missing and found persons database. The government portal provides missing and found-person searches, requests for help, emergency contacts, official updates and rescue information.
Visit Nepal does not maintain its own missing-person database. Doing so would risk publishing outdated information about people’s lives.
Roads & Bridges
Preliminary Department of Roads figures. Every number on this page carries the date it was reported.
Preliminary damage to roads and bridges alone was estimated at approximately Rs. 20 billion — around Rs. 10 billion to roads and Rs. 10 billion to bridges.
Among the structures swept away was the strategically important Miteri Bridge at Rasuwagadhi, connecting Nepal with China, along with bridges around Timure, Chilime, Syabrubesi, Betrabati, Trishuli and other affected areas.
These are evolving preliminary assessments, not final figures.
The Wider Impact
Travel Update
The recent flood has caused severe damage in specific affected areas and transportation corridors. Nepal’s tourism destinations cover many different regions, and conditions vary significantly by location.
Travellers should check current road, weather, trekking-route and local-authority information before visiting affected regions.
Help & Relief
The immediate emergency will eventually pass. The recovery will take much longer. Families will need homes. Children will need schools. Businesses will need to reopen. Roads and bridges will need rebuilding. Tourism-dependent communities will need visitors to return when it is safe.
Previous Verified Updates
Older figures are archived rather than silently erased. This shows how the situation developed rather than implying any single number was ever wrong.
We cannot undo what was lost. We can stand with those who survived. And together, we can help rebuild what comes next.
Nepal Will Rise Again.
The situation following the Bhote Koshi–Rasuwa flood continues to evolve. Casualty, missing-person, rescue and damage figures may change as search operations continue, individuals are located, bodies are identified and government assessments are updated.
Visit Nepal publishes disaster statistics only from verified government and recognised official sources. Every statistic displays its source, reporting date and reporting time. Figures from different reporting times are never combined into one total. When newer verified information becomes available, older figures are archived rather than silently erased.
Source priority: NDRRMA / Government of Nepal for primary overall figures; Nepal Police for deaths, body recovery and operational updates; the OPMCM government flood rescue portal for missing and found people; relevant ministries for roads, bridges, health, tourism and energy; Nepal Army and Armed Police Force for operational rescue information where officially published. Reputable media is used for stories and photographs, not as the primary source where a current government figure exists.
Photography on this page: no AI-generated disaster imagery, no staged rescue photographs, no graphic images of bodies, and no photographs taken from social media without permission. No image is published without knowing where and when it was taken. Credit format: Photo: Photographer / Location / Date / Source.
