The Bhote Koshi flood took Timure in about seven minutes, here's how four people got out

Safety & Advisories Four named survivors describe running uphill as the market disappeared behind them, and a CCTV timestamp shows how little warning anyone downstream… By Laxman Rawal · Aug 31, 2026 Read the full story

The people who lived through the Bhote Koshi flood at Timure survived it by running uphill within the first two or three minutes, and almost nobody who waited to work out what the noise was got that chance. A border security camera at Gyirong Port… Travel Himalaya Nepal · News Read the full story

The CCTV timestamp is the most useful number anyone has

Seven minutes is the finding that matters most for anyone who walks in these valleys. The seismic network logged the collapse at 08:37 NPT; the camera at the Gyirong customs complex catches the wave at 08:44 NPT. Between those two readings sits about 14 km of… Travel Himalaya Nepal · News Read the full story

Raju Budhathoki thought it was an earthquake

Budhathoki, a customs agent, was resting in his room at Timure when the hillside began to shake at about 8:45. He assumed a quake and ran for the police post — and found the police running too. He went over a wire fence, tearing his hand, and kept going until… Travel Himalaya Nepal · News Read the full story

Prakash Gautam spent the night on dropped noodles

Gautam, also a customs agent at Timure, described a rumble and then darkness — a black cloud over the market within moments. "I ran out of my room without knowing what I was doing," he said. He spent Wednesday night in the forest, eating instant noodles other… Travel Himalaya Nepal · News Read the full story

The men still under the mountain

The hardest part of this story is not on the surface. Nepal's independent power producers put 934 people unaccounted for across 11 hydropower projects , and the Nepal Army prioritised 19 tunnels. At Chilime, executive director Baburaj Maharjan said plainly… Travel Himalaya Nepal · News Read the full story

What this means for trekkers

What this means for you Rasuwa and the Langtang corridor are not a trekking destination right now, and we are not selling them as one — our Langtang departures are paused, not discounted. Everest, Annapurna and Manaslu sit in different watersheds and are… Travel Himalaya Nepal · News Read the full story

Was there any warning system on this river?

No effective one for this event. The collapse was not a rainfall flood building over hours — it was a mass of ice and rock detaching and arriving downstream in minutes. A seismic signal existed at 08:37, but nothing connected it to a siren in Timure. Travel Himalaya Nepal · News Read the full story

Why are the missing numbers so much larger than the dead?

Because the flow buried settlements and tunnels rather than carrying everyone into the river, and because border trade meant hundreds of drivers and traders were at Rasuwagadhi and Gyirong who were not residents of either place. More than 300 vehicles queued… Travel Himalaya Nepal · News Read the full story

Is it safe to trek elsewhere in Nepal this autumn?

Yes, in the catchments that were not hit. We have said which ones plainly in our running status page , and we will keep saying so even where the honest answer costs us a booking. Updated 31 August 2026 with the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management… Travel Himalaya Nepal · News Read the full story

Reported from Nepal

Our coverage We are based in Pokhara and we are following this story. Figures are provisional and we date every one of them. Read the full report