Flooded river valley in Nepal after landslides
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Nepal Flash Flood & Landslide Response 2026

Active ResponseRasuwa, Nuwakot, Dhading, Chitwan & Upper Arun (Chepuwa) valleysBegan August 26, 2026Updated August 30, 2026

1,344

Confirmed dead

Nepal, national figure

5,000

Missing / unaccounted

Nepal, national figure

13,098

People rescued

Nepal, national figure

4+

Districts affected

Rasuwa, Nuwakot, Dhading, Chitwan

About this disaster

Catastrophic flash flooding and landslides struck northern Nepal and the Nepal and Tibet border region, devastating communities along the Bhote Koshi and Trishuli river corridor. Homes, bridges, schools, churches and roads have been destroyed, leaving families in urgent need of shelter, food and hope. Ghangri Church has established a Relief and Rehabilitation Fund, and our leaders and members are serving affected families directly, including in the hard to reach Himalayan villages where our churches are rooted.

LIVE FIELD UPDATES

  1. 2:00 PM NPT· Flood affected communities, NepalRelief

    First wave of immediate relief materials provided

    Our teams provided the first wave of immediate relief materials to families displaced by the flooding: cooking materials such as pots and pressure cookers, utensils, water buckets and jugs, and hygiene items. Supplies were packed at the church in Kathmandu, loaded onto trucks and handed to each family in the affected communities.

    Volunteers packing relief supplies at Ghangri Church in KathmanduCooking pots, pressure cookers, utensils and buckets laid out for distributionA family receiving cooking materials from the relief truck
  2. 5:00 PM NPT· KathmanduRelief

    Relief and Rehabilitation Fund established

    The leadership of Ghangri Church has prayerfully decided to establish a Relief and Rehabilitation Fund to support affected families and communities. As an initial contribution, our church leadership has committed funds from the church account toward this relief effort, and church members are contributing according to their ability.

  3. · Upper Arun and Bhote KoshiAssessment

    Assessment teams contacting village fellowships

    Our leaders are in contact with home fellowships and village churches in the Arun and Bhote Koshi corridors to confirm who is safe, what has been lost, and what is most urgently needed: shelter materials, food and clean water.

    Homes and shops buried in mud and debris after the floodBuildings destroyed along the riverbank by the flood surge
  4. · Nepal and Tibet border regionAssessment

    Flash flooding strikes northern Nepal

    A glacial ice and rock collapse sent a surge of water, mud and debris down the river system. Entire communities were swept away or buried as the flood moved through Rasuwa and Nuwakot and continued downstream.

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