Relentless rainfall triggers floods, landslips across Nepal
Nepal is facing a severe humanitarian crisis as relentless rainfall triggers new floods and landslides, compounding the impact of a disaster that has already claimed over 1,400 lives. Authorities are currently conducting emergency evacuations in the Rupandehi and Chitwan districts as river levels exceed danger marks.
Why it matters
The ongoing disaster highlights the extreme vulnerability of Himalayan regions to climate-induced extreme weather events and the challenges of disaster recovery.
Relentless rainfall across Nepal since Thursday (September 24, 2026) has triggered fresh floods and landslips, swept away houses and disrupted road traffic, according to a media report, as the Himalayan country reels from the disaster that killed at least 1,453 people and more than 5,000 remain missing.
The bodies of 1,451 people have been recovered till Saturday (September 26, 2026) a month after flash floods, originating near the Nepal-Tibet border, devastated towns and villages in northern and central Nepal, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA). Two others had died while undergoing treatment.
A total of 13,795 people have been rescued till Saturday, the NDRRMA said.
In Rupandehi district, a part of Lumbini province, floodwaters from the Tinau River swept away six houses along the riverbank in Butwal on Saturday night as the river rose above its danger level, the Kathmandu Post newspaper reported.
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