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SourceNDRRMANepal PoliceMoFADept of TourismOPMCM portal
Dead
939
Sitrep #10 · publication 393 as of 31 Aug 19:00 NPT
100
Following the floods, more than 100 bodies and human remains recovered from areas including Tanahu, Gorkha and Mugling, were being managed through coordinated efforts involving local authorities, hosp as of 10 Sep 05:45 NPT
1,377
bodies recovered as of 30 Aug 14:00 NPT
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Missing / out of contact
3,916
Situation update · publication 395 as of 1 Sep 09:00 NPT
3,992
बाढीमा परी अझै 3992 जना सम्पर्कविहीन छन्।प्रहरी प्रधान कार्यालय नक्स... as of 6 Sep 23:17 NPT
511
foreigners · as of 28 Aug 17:00 NPT
587
According to the information shared by the Department of Tourism, 587 foreign tourists from 34 countries went missing in the Bhotekoshi flood on August 26. as of 7 Sep 20:28 NPT
12,641
open lost-person reports · as of 12 Sep 00:53 NPT
Rescued
11,814
Situation update · publication 395 as of 1 Sep 09:00 NPT
670
llm: A total of 670 Nepali citizens who were stranded at China’s Kerung border due to floods in the Bhotekoshi River in Rasuwa have been rescued alive. as of 9 Sep 22:07 NPT
121
foreigners · as of 28 Aug 17:00 NPT
315
पर्यटन बोर्डले भन्यो- भोटेकोशी बाढीपछि 315 विदेशी पर्यटकको उद्धार, 5 जना सम्पर्कमा. as of 31 Aug 19:02 NPT
13,817
open lost-person reports · as of 12 Sep 00:53 NPT

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What happened, in numbers

The first hours

26 Aug 2026 · reconstructed from DHM gauges, USGS and NDRRMA reports
  2. 08:37Barrier lake site (Chhochen Khola–Purepu Tsangpo confluence)

    A ~600 m section of glacier and rock falls ~1,200 m into the Lhende Khola. Seismometers record it as a magnitude-5.2 event (USGS us7000tbwb).

    USGS
  3. 08:40Gyirong (Kerung) Port

    The surge reaches Gyirong (Kerung) Port about seven minutes after the collapse — roughly 190 km/h over the first 22 km.

    ICIMOD / Kathmandu Post
  4. 08:40Rasuwagadhi

    Last reading from the Rasuwagadhi river gauge (1.62 m) before it is destroyed. The border post, customs yard and the Miteri bridge are swept away.

    DHM river watch
  6. 08:50Syabrubesi

    Syabrubesi gauges go offline (Bhote Koshi 3.80 m, Langtang Khola 2.81 m). The bazaar, lodges and helipad are hit.

    DHM river watch
  7. 09:00Betrawati

    Rasuwa DAO and the Betrawati gauge-keeper phone the Flood Forecasting Division; the warning chain starts by telephone.

    DHM technical report
  8. 09:15

    DHM sends a warning SMS to 679,295 subscribers in Rasuwa, Nuwakot, Dhading and Chitwan. Workers at Upper Trishuli-1 report an alert ~30 s before the wave.

    DHM technical report
  9. 09:20Betrawati

    Betrawati: last gauge reading (3.55 m); the bridge that links Rasuwa to Nuwakot is gone minutes later.

    DHM river watch
  10. 10:28Galchhi

    Galchhi alert: the Trishuli rises ~9 m in 30 minutes, 60 km downstream. Prithvi Highway and Mugling–Narayanghat put on high alert.

    ICIMOD / DHM
  11. 26 Aug 11:00

    NDRRMA situation report: 144 dead

    NDRRMA
  12. 11:26Malekhu

    Malekhu (Furke Khola) crosses the warning level; at 11:40 it reads 10.48 m — above danger — and the gauge dies. The bridge is destroyed at 11:43.

    BIPAD river stations
  13. 11:45Barrier lake site (Chhochen Khola–Purepu Tsangpo confluence)

    A second mass movement (magnitude 4.2, USGS us7000tc90) at the same site — the window in which the first barrier lake is thought to have breached.

    USGS
  15. 13:00Devghat

    The flood passes Mugling; Devghat is evacuated. Devghat reads 4.76 m at 13:30.

    DHM technical report
  16. 14:14

    Trishuli at Kali Khola peaks at 12.3 m (danger level 12.1 m).

    DHM river watch
  17. 16:00Devghat

    Narayani at Devghat peaks at 6.57 m (~5,850 m³/s). Bodies will later be recovered up to ~240 km downstream, into Uttar Pradesh.

    DHM river watch
Later
  1. 27 Aug 10:00

    NDRRMA situation report: 389 dead (+245)

    NDRRMA
  2. 28 AugBarrier lake site (Chhochen Khola–Purepu Tsangpo confluence)

    The lower barrier lake overtops; rescue is suspended for ~3 hours and crews pull back 1 km. Downstream rise ~0.6 m.

    Kathmandu Post
  3. 28 AugGyirong (Kerung) Port

    Gyirong (Kerung) Port: phones working again

    telecom articles
  6. 28 AugUpper Trishuli-1 camp (Mailung/Haku)

    350 workers are brought out alive from the Upper Trishuli hydropower tunnel; 100+ remain inside. 7 military and 7 civilian helicopters fly 200+ sorties.

    Kathmandu Post
  7. 28 Aug 19:00

    NDRRMA situation report: 579 dead (+190), 1,924 out of contact, 4,451 rescued

    NDRRMA
  8. 28 Aug 19:00

    145 of 198 damaged telecom towers back on air (NDRRMA)

    NDRRMA
  10. 29 AugKalikasthan primary health centre

    Kalikasthan primary health centre: phones working again

    telecom articles
  13. 29 Aug 18:30

    NDRRMA situation report: 675 dead (+96), 2,498 out of contact (+574), 7,514 rescued (+3,063)

    NDRRMA
  19. 30 Aug 16:40

    Devghat river gauge falls silent — last reading (5.01 m)

    DHM via BIPAD
  20. 30 Aug 16:50

    Dhunche river gauge falls silent — last reading (2.55 m)

    DHM via BIPAD
  21. 30 Aug 16:50

    Kali Khola river gauge falls silent — last reading (6.92 m)

    DHM via BIPAD
  22. 30 Aug 17:00

    Galchhi river gauge falls silent — last reading (361.11 m)

    DHM via BIPAD
  23. 30 Aug 18:30

    NDRRMA situation report: 781 dead (+106), 2,502 out of contact (+4), 9,435 rescued (+1,921)

    NDRRMA
  28. 31 Aug 19:00

    NDRRMA situation report: 939 dead (+158), 3,925 out of contact (+1,423), 11,379 rescued (+1,944)

    NDRRMA
  30. 2 Sep 02:00

    Devghat river gauge falls silent — last reading (5.46 m)

    DHM via BIPAD
  31. 2 Sep 02:10

    Dhunche river gauge falls silent — last reading (2.62 m)

    DHM via BIPAD
  32. 2 Sep 02:10

    Kali Khola river gauge falls silent — last reading (8.97 m)

    DHM via BIPAD
  33. 2 Sep 02:20

    Galchhi river gauge falls silent — last reading (362.37 m)

    DHM via BIPAD