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An account of the air-rescue operation after the 26 August 2026 Bhote Koshi flood: who coordinated it, how helicopters reached cut-off villages, and…
By Laxman Rawal · Aug 27, 2026
📍 Developing story — live updates The 2026 Nepal floods are a developing, nationwide emergency and figures are rising. For the latest verified death toll, missing and rescued numbers, and trek status, follow our continuously-updated Nepal Floods 2026: Live…
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The response was a joint operation rather than any single agency's. Nepal mobilised the Nepal Army, the Armed Police Force and Nepal Police together, with helicopters and medical teams sent toward the cut-off villages along the Bhote Koshi and the Trishuli…
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The scale of the flying was significant for a single district. The government reported deploying 13 helicopters — a mix of Nepal Army and private aircraft — across Rasuwa and neighbouring Nuwakot. On the day after the flood, the Nepal Army continued…
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Rescue tallies in a fast-moving disaster are a running count, not a final one, and they climbed through the operation. Early reporting from Ratopati put the number rescued by air at around 88. As sorties continued, OnlineKhabar reported more than 100 people…
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Behind the airlifts, the slower work of relief was already under way — Red Cross teams distributing supplies, medical staff flown in with the rescue helicopters, and displaced families being moved to safer ground. The disaster's cross-border reach also drew…
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A well-run rescue is the last line of defence, not the first. Rasuwa's people were reached because helicopters and teams could be scrambled within hours — but the Bhote Koshi has now flooded twice in roughly 14 months, and the mountain scientists at ICIMOD…
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