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Live tracker of Nepal’s August 2026 floods. The official toll to 17 September, where the deaths are, the disputed cause, and which treks are running.
By Laxman Rawal · Aug 27, 2026
Update — 17 September 2026, 19:00 NPT The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority now reports 1,410 dead and 6,145 missing , three weeks after the flood. The authority says the missing list was revised after 110 bodies were identified, and…
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1—17 September 2026 — the toll passes 1,400: NDRRMA put the dead at 1,050 with 3,916 missing on the evening of 1 September, 1,358 with 5,326 missing at 18:00 on 8 September, 1,385 on 11 September and 1,410 with 6,145 missing at 19:00 on 17 September. Rasuwa…
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14:30 NPT — 289 dead across eight districts (Nepal Police). A Nepal Police bulletin put the nationwide toll at 289, broken down as Chitwan 108, Nawalparasi East 74, Dhading 27, Gorkha 20, Rasuwa 17, Tanahun 16, Nawalparasi West 15 and Nuwakot 12. The…
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Through the day — toll climbed 8 → 95. Bagmati Pradesh Police, via spokesman Abi Narayan Kafle, reported a toll that rose through the day — first around 8, then 31, then 72, reaching At least 392 people are confirmed dead (389 in Nepal, 3 in China) and…
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It is easy to blur these into one number, so to be precise: the 289 figure is a nationwide toll driven mostly by monsoon flooding and landslides in the south and centre — Chitwan (108) and Nawalparasi East (74) alone account for the majority. The Bhote Koshi…
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The cause has not been conclusively established , and credible experts are advancing different explanations: Glacier / ice-rock collapse (leading assessment). ICIMOD's early reading points to a glacier north of Kathmandu failing and sending ice, rock and…
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The disruption is concentrated on the northern Rasuwa / Langtang corridor and the Rasuwagadhi—Kerung trade route. Access roads, bridges and the border crossing there are cut, and infrastructure damage nationwide was reported at around NPR 15 billion…
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Bhote Koshi flash flood, 26 August 2026: what happened in Rasuwa What caused the glacial flood — the science and the climate link Nepal trekking conditions right now (live status) Which Nepal treks are affected or on hold Rasuwa flood and Langtang trek safety…
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Figures on this page are attributed inline to the bodies that released them: Nepal Police and NDRRMA (official), the Kathmandu Post , CNN , Al Jazeera , Wikipedia's "2026 China—Nepal floods" (tertiary aggregator), ICIMOD and the USGS . Where numbers conflict…
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We are based in Pokhara and we are following this story. Figures are provisional and we date every one of them.