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Flash flooding on the Budhi Gandaki river sweeps away buildings in northern Nepal

Flash flooding along the Budhi Gandaki river has swept away buildings and prompted the evacuation of nearby villages in northern Nepal. The flooding was reported on Sunday across communities in the north-central region. The full extent of the damage and whether there are casualties remain unconfirmed.

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Each position is reported as its publisher stated it. We do not reconcile them.
2 differing positions reported on casualties across 4 publishers; unresolved.
  • jpostno casualties
  • express5 missing
  • aljazeerafive people missing
  • dvb5 people reported missing
3 differing positions reported on attribution across 5 publishers; unresolved.
  • arabnewsNepal
  • jpostNepal
  • expressNepal
  • dailyofficial
  • reliefwebCARE
3 differing positions reported on location across 13 publishers; unresolved.
  • aljazeeraNepal
  • thehindunorthern Nepal
  • vijestisjeverni Nepal
  • klix-baNepalu
  • bbccentral Nepal
  • n1infoNepalu
  • folhaNepal
  • rtNepal
  • dailyNepal
  • francecentral Nepal
  • expressNepal
  • dvbnorthern Nepal
  • reliefwebNepal
2 differing positions reported on timing across 3 publishers; unresolved.
  • bbcfresh
  • francefresh
  • reliefwebSecond flash flood in six weeks
WhereNepal
27.648, 84.701 ±400 km
First reported14 days ago
Published2026-10-11 07:31 UTC
Sources16
How this travelled.
Reports27Independent tellings16
16 independently corroborated tellings.

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Global Event Monitor. Flash flooding on the Budhi Gandaki river sweeps away buildings in northern Nepal. 2026-10-11T07:31:01.429Z. Status: published. urn:global-events-monitor:event:5453. https://global.eventmonitor.net/event/2026-10-11/villages-evacuated-as-flash-flood-from-budhi-gandaki-river-hits-37e06c28

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