Heavy rain and flooding kill at least 62 in northern India
Rescue teams evacuated flooded communities as officials warned against travel through waterlogged areas and said more than 1,000 homes were destroyed.
- On Tuesday, heavy rains in Nepal triggered fresh floods and landslides, hampering recovery efforts from August's disaster. The Gandak River reached a record 91.25 metres at Bagaha, damaging embankments in Bihar's West Champaran district.
- The August 26, 2026 flash floods, triggered by a glacier collapse along the Nepal-China border, killed at least 1,453 people and left more than 5,000 missing. Reconstruction costs are estimated at $4.8 billion.
- Save the Children Nepal warned that over 1,000 children are in temporary shelters without parents, facing acute safety risks. Ayush Joshi, director for advocacy, campaigns, communications and media, noted "many temporary shelters are built without planning," increasing vulnerability to trafficking.
- Water Resources Department teams deployed four groups to repair embankment breaches in West Champaran, where water levels rose around 35 cm above the previous peak. Officials are actively monitoring to prevent further inundation.
- Nepal Prime Minister Balendra Shah proposed a Himalayan Climate Resilience Mechanism led by Nepal, India and China to improve cross-border disaster forecasting. Shah said the Himalayas should become a "laboratory of international cooperation" for long-term resilience.
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New wave of intense rains and landslides that have hit the country since last week have already affected more than 1,900 families. Tourists on the Annapurna circuit were forced to interrupt trips.
Families living in temporary shelters in northern Nepal complain of a lack of security and privacy. Concerns…
Trekkers evacuated by helicopter as more deadly landslides hit Nepal
Another wave of landslides and heavy rain has killed about 30 people in Nepal, as the Himalayan country continues to recover from catastrophic flooding in August that left 1,400 people dead and thousands more missing.
Helicopters Rescue Trekkers as Nepal Is Hit by Fresh Landslides After Deadly August Floods
Fresh landslides and heavy rain have reportedly killed about 30 people in Nepal, damaged homes and infrastructure, and forced hundreds of Annapurna Circuit trekkers to evacuate by helicopter.
In Nepal, teachers mourn students who never returned
Each morning at a school in flood-ravaged Nepal, teachers taking attendance are served a painful reminder of the disaster as they mark in red the names of students who never came back. The catastrophic flood, triggered by a glacial collapse near the China-Nepal border, on Aug. 26 killed more than 1,
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