Flood

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.

Two Australian families — the Iyer and Sharma families — are waiting for updates on relatives who went missing in the Himalayas during flooding in Nepal. The families have tracked their loved ones' last known locations and hold hope that the missing persons escaped the...

A glacier collapse in the Nepal-Tibet border region triggered catastrophic flooding that, according to CNA, has killed at least 1,100 people in Nepal, with nearly 4,000 unaccounted for. In Tibet, Chinese state media reports 16 confirmed dead. Rescue teams stretched to capacity are searching a...

Flash floods devastated Nepal and Tibet in late August 2026, killing over 1,000 people with approximately 3,900 missing, including more than 600 workers believed trapped in mud-filled tunnel networks at hydropower sites along the Trishuli River. Nepal's armed forces rescued 119 additional survivors nearly a...

Devastating floods struck Nepal on August 26, 2026, prompting authorities to deploy experienced drone operators to assess damage and guide rescue efforts. Tashi Bista, a Nepali drone operator with 13 years of experience, characterized the scale of destruction visible from aerial footage as "terrifying," according...

Flash floods in Nepal have killed over 900 people with thousands more missing six days after the disaster, according to Channel 4 News reporting from affected areas. In some destroyed neighborhoods, 80% of the population is unaccounted for, and the missing count nearly doubled as...

A major flash flood swept through the Grand Canyon in Arizona last Saturday, killing at least two people and leaving several others missing. Dozens of visitors were evacuated by helicopter in response to the incident.

A flood in Nepal has killed multiple people, with bodies discovered more than 100 kilometers downstream from the disaster site, complicating identification efforts for emergency crews racing to find survivors.

Thermal imaging from a drone documents the interior of a hydropower project tunnel in Nepal's Rasuwa district as rescue operations continue following severe flooding. At least 639 people remain stranded at hydropower stations affected by the disaster, according to Nepal's disaster management authority.

Devastating floods across Nepal and Tibet in late August 2026 killed over 1,000 people in Nepal, while China officially reported only 16 deaths in Tibet and 546 missing persons—a discrepancy that has raised questions about reporting transparency. Tibetan activists and independent observers have characterized the...

A catastrophic flood swept through a Himalayan river valley on Nepal's border with Tibet on September 1, 2026, killing more than 900 people confirmed dead with over 4,200 missing in Nepal and hundreds more across the border in Tibet. The disaster sent walls of water,...