Flood

Hurricane Lowell passed along the western side of Hawaii early Tuesday, bringing surge flooding to the islands. CBS News correspondent Carter Evans reported on the storm's aftermath and ongoing conditions.

A woman was rescued on Saturday from a mostly buried house in Betrawati, Nepal, ten days after severe flooding devastated the region, according to The New York Times.

Nepal held a national day of mourning on September 8 — the 13th day since catastrophic flooding struck on August 26 — to commemorate more than 1,300 people killed across Nepal and Tibet, with approximately 5,000 still missing including foreign nationals, according to Nepal's disaster...

Four days after a glacier collapse triggered catastrophic floods along the Nepal-Tibet border, RTS Radio Télévision Suisse filed a According to the RTS report by Mathilde Cusin and Antoine Morel, rescue teams were actively searching for missing persons and assisting survivors amid continuing chaos on...

Singapore police are investigating racist comments posted online following deadly floods in Nepal, alongside discussions over Singapore Airlines' investment in Air India, according to CNA. Singapore's Digital Development and Information Ministry is requesting social media platforms remove comments violating their guidelines. Coordinating Minister for National...

Researchers at IIT Mandi have identified nine rapidly expanding glacial lakes in Himachal Pradesh, India, that they characterize as "water bombs" due to the risk of catastrophic overflow. The warning follows recent deadly flash floods in Nepal that were reportedly triggered when a glacier chunk...

Rescuers in Nepal extracted a Chinese national alive from a hydropower tunnel on September 5, 2026, ten days after floods devastated the border region between Nepal and China, according to the Nepali army.

Nepal's military rescued a Chinese national alive from a hydropower tunnel on September 5, according to CNA reporting, 10 days after catastrophic flooding struck the region on August 26.

In August 2026, a glacier collapse in Nepal triggered a Glacier Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF), a catastrophic event in which meltwater and debris surge downstream with little warning. The disaster created unstable new lakes formed from glacial debris, and authorities warn that additional outburst floods...

Rescue teams extracted two workers alive from a hydropower tunnel in Nepal nine days after severe flooding and landslides struck the region, according to NPR. Officials say the men are in stable condition and have been flown to a hospital in Kathmandu. Several hundred workers...

Floodwaters from Typhoon Saudel caused a three-story building to collapse in seconds in southern China, according to eyewitness footage captured by DW News. Days of torrential rain from the typhoon have inundated both rural and urban communities across the region, with heavy downpours continuing.

Two people were rescued from a tunnel in Nepal on September 4, 2026, nine days after a flash flood trapped them underground, BBC News reports.

Search-and-rescue operations are continuing in Nepal for an eighth consecutive day following catastrophic flooding near the Nepal-China border, according to Arirang News. South Korea's disaster relief team is coordinating with the Nepali military to locate nine South Korean nationals still unaccounted for in the disaster...

Flooding struck Nepal's Nuwakot district on August 29, 2026, destroying homes and damaging riverbanks across the region, according to aerial footage from the Associated Press. The swollen rivers washed away tree trunks and inundated residential areas in Devighat and surrounding communities.

Nepali authorities report that approximately 20,000 houses in flood-ravaged areas require reconstruction or relocation to safer ground, according to CNA reporting from Kathmandu. The scale of damage underscores the severity of recent flooding that affected Nepal's border regions with Tibet.

Families in Nepal are holding symbolic funeral ceremonies for loved ones missing since devastating floods struck the country a week ago, using effigies made from kusha grass in place of victims' bodies as hope of finding survivors diminishes. According to Al Jazeera English, the ritual...

Catastrophic floods in Nepal's Nuwakot district destroyed all conventional crossings over the Trishuli River more than a week ago, according to DW News. Per DW's reporting, residents now depend daily on a makeshift zip line to cross the river and access essential services.

Flash floods swept through Nepal last week, destroying bridges across the Trishuli River and stranding residents in affected areas. Authorities erected a makeshift zip line to evacuate trapped survivors to safety, with some requiring urgent medical treatment, medicines, and food. Nepal faces recurring monsoon-season flooding...

Catastrophic flash floods devastated Nepal on August 29, 2026, with search and rescue operations in Nuwakot District temporarily suspended due to poor weather conditions, according to the Associated Press. AP reports that thousands of people remain missing across flood-affected areas as the search entered its...

A New York Times report on severe flooding in Nepal finds that more than 4,200 people remain missing, with officials warning the death toll is expected to continue rising in the coming days.