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Homes and bridges swept away as fresh floods hit Nepal

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Khadka, N. S. (2026, October 11). Homes and bridges swept away as fresh floods hit Nepal. BBC News. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ck86zppejjw3o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

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BBC News · collected 2026-10-11 · by Navin Singh Khadka

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A major flood along the Budhi Gandaki River in Nepal's Gorkha district has swept away houses and bridges, damaged parts of a hydropower station, and left five people missing while rescuing around 50 others. The river’s water level rose from two meters to nearly eight and a half meters within hours, displacing families just as they were preparing for the Dashain festival. Authorities are still assessing damage but note that this flood is smaller and slower-moving than August's devastating flash floods, which left over 1,400 people dead nationwide.
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On Sunday, October 11, 2026, a landslide in Gorkha district, about 100 km west of Kathmandu, triggered flash flooding along the Budhi Gandaki River. This event destroyed homes and swept away several bridges, including parts of Salleri Bazaar and Jagat Bazaar. The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority evacuated villagers and tourists from affected areas while rescuing six people at risk of another landslide in Jagat. As of Monday, October 12, rescue helicopters and soldiers delivered relief materials to the area and evacuated residents; five people are reported missing but no fatalities have been confirmed yet. The disaster destroyed or damaged around 35 houses, six bridges, and three hydropower plant construction sites.

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Who wrote this

Navin Singh Khadka
4 article(s) here · 1 carrying a prediction
🔮 A 2024 study published by the American Geophysical Union projected a significant rise in landslide hazards across the Himalayas and Tibet in the coming decades due to increased rainstorms.
🔮 Families have been forced to flee their homes, with many facing uncertainty over where they will find safe shelter and access to essential supplies.
2026-10-11 · assertive framing · Homes and bridges swept away as fresh floods hit Nepal
🔮 The mental stress was more difficult than the physical challenge, she said, given the fresh memory of last month's enormous disaster: "Even thunder would make us run and come out to see if anything was coming our way."
🔮 Only two-thirds of people in Nepal had access to electricity in 2010, and even connected households would face power cuts for up to 16 hours a day.
Also by Navin Singh Khadka
Nothing else under this byline is closely related to this article, so these are simply their most recent.

Topics

Gorkha Nepal Nepali Tibet the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority

Subjects

Gorkha GPE · 3× Nepal GPE · 3× Binod Parajuli PERSON · 1× Nepalese NORP · 1× Nepali NORP · 1× Save the Children ORG · 1× Tara Chettry PERSON · 1× Tibet GPE · 1× the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority ORG · 1×

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The flood swept away about a dozen houses and several suspension bridges, while a hydroelectric project was damaged, carrying some of the construction equipment away, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority said.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-10-11
🔮 Families have been forced to flee their homes, with many facing uncertainty over where they will find safe shelter and access to essential supplies.
2026-10-11 · BBC News
Homes and bridges swept away as fresh floods hit Nepal · assertive framing

Claims (15 extracted, 3 hedged)

- Published A major river in Nepal has flooded, sweeping away houses, bridges and damaging a part of hydropower station, authorities have said. asserted
authorities → publish → station
Around 50 people have been rescued from along the bank of the Budhi Gandaki River in the central Gorkha district, the army confirmed. asserted
army → rescue → district
No casualties have been reported yet, however five people are missing. asserted
people → report → ?
A video of the flood shows the moment raging waters sweep down a valley and wash away an entire building complex. asserted
waters → show → complex
Nepal is on high alert and still trying to recover from catastrophic floods that hit its border towns with Tibet two months ago, leaving more than 1,400 people dead and thousands missing. asserted
that → try → people
Sunday's flood tore through the Gorkha district as children and communities prepared to mark the first day of the Dashain festival, a major moment in the Nepali calendar. asserted
children → tear → calendar
Families have been forced to flee their homes, with many facing uncertainty over where they will find safe shelter and access to essential supplies. asserted
they → force → supplies
The flood swept away about a dozen houses and several suspension bridges, while a hydroelectric project was damaged, carrying some of the construction equipment away, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority said. asserted
Authority → sweep → equipment
Within a couple of hours, the river's water levels at one location had risen from two metres (6ft 5in) to nearly 8.5m (27ft 9in), officials said. asserted
officials → rise → m
Binod Parajuli, a meteorologist who works with the Nepalese government, said: "Our hydrological station was swept away and we are not getting any data from that location." However, experts say the debris-flow is much smaller and travelled more slowly than the devastating flash floods in August. What caused the latest flood is still unclear. uncertain
caused → work → flood
Some say a landslide may have blocked the river or its tributary for some time, causing the dammed water to burst out, while others say locals upstream saw an ice-avalanche. uncertain
locals → say → avalanche
Save the Children is mobilising an emergency team to respond to Sunday's flood. asserted
Children → mobilise → flood
"Children's lives have been ripped apart in an instant yet again", the charity's director in Nepal, Tara Chettry, said. "We are yet to see the full scale of the damage, but they may have lost their homes, schools and communities. uncertain
they → rip → homes
Many children in Gorkha will still be in shock and distress after the mega floods in August, barely having a chance to get back on their feet. asserted
children → have → feet
" The Budhi Gandaki is a tributary of the Trishuli river, downstream from another tributary where a glacier collapse caused the previous disaster. asserted
collapse → cause → disaster
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