Floods, landslides, avalanches, earthquakes and weather that disrupt travel.
Bhotekoshi Flash Flood Devastates Rasuwa and the Trishuli Valley
A sudden flood from Tibet swept down the Bhotekoshi into Rasuwa on 26 August 2026, destroying the Miteri Bridge and hydropower plants and causing deaths far downstream on the Trishuli. What happened, the cause, and what it means for Langtang treks.
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October Storms: Deadly Landslides in Ilam and a Blizzard on Everest's Tibetan Side
On 4–5 October 2025, unseasonal heavy rain killed at least 47 people in Nepal, including 35 in landslides in Ilam, while a blizzard trapped hundreds of trekkers near the...
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Flood from Tibet Sweeps Away Miteri Bridge on Nepal–China Border
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Landslide Sweeps Two Buses into the Trishuli River at Simaltal
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Hewa Khola Flood Sweeps Away Hydropower Workers in Sankhuwasabha
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Magnitude 7.3 Aftershock Strikes Dolakha, Weeks after the Gorkha Earthquake
On 12 May 2015, a magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck near Kodari in Dolakha and Sindhupalchok, killing more than 150 people in Nepal and causing landslides, seventeen days a...
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Magnitude 7.8 Gorkha Earthquake Devastates Nepal
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Blizzard on the Annapurna Circuit Kills 43, Nepal's Worst Trekking Disaster
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Jure Landslide Buries Village and Dams the Sunkoshi River
On 2 August 2014, a massive monsoon landslide at Jure in Sindhupalchok, north-east of Kathmandu, buried homes, killed 156 people and dammed the Sunkoshi River, forming a...