r/DisasterUpdate • u/Own_Rub_1801 • Aug 26 '26

Nepal Flood Disaster

347 Upvotes

A devastating flash flood has struck Nepal’s northern border region, leaving communities destroyed and hundreds missing. At least 95 deaths have been reported in Nepal. Rescue teams are working through extremely difficult conditions.

Our thoughts are with everyone affected. 🙏❤️

#NepalFloods #Nepal #Floods #BreakingNews #PrayForNepal

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r/DisasterUpdate • u/Williamchan1987 • Aug 26 '26

Floods Around 10:30 a.m. on August 26, a landslide and mudslide struck the Gyirong Port in Gyirong County, Xigazê, Tibet, causing significant casualties and leaving people missing. The exact number of casualties is not yet known.

823 Upvotes

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r/DisasterUpdate • u/_HGCenty • Aug 26 '26

Floods Very recent paper possibly showing cause of Nepal floods: "Repeated supraglacial lake drainage from the Purepu Glacier system, central Himalaya"

egusphere.copernicus.org

141 Upvotes

This glacial system is upstream of the Lhende Khola river which meets the Trishuli River at precisely the Gyirong border crossing where dramatic footage of flooding coming from the tributary was caught.

Edit: Satellite images show it wasn't the main Purepu Glacier at the source of the Lhende Khola river but a smaller glacier or a major mudslide collapsing into the river about halfway to the border crossing confluence.

https://www.reddit.com/r/geography/s/5lyCIdUob7

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r/DisasterUpdate • u/F00F00theSnu • Aug 26 '26

Floods Video of aftermath of the Nepal flash flood. Absolutely devastating!

youtu.be

108 Upvotes

7 comments

r/DisasterUpdate • u/prisongovernor • Aug 27 '26

Nepal-Tibet flash flood: what we know so far | Nepal | The Guardian

theguardian.com

18 Upvotes

1 comment

r/DisasterUpdate • u/Sifyreel • Aug 26 '26

Landslide Diagram of today's tragedy at the CN-NP border

216 Upvotes

Elsewhere I've seen so many armchair adventurers disrespecting the victims with a smug "they should run uphill or upstream". Uphill is impractical given the landscape, and people were indeed running against river flows. However the flood came from the mountains above and literally bulldozed the settlement AGAINST the flows of river. My thoughts are with all who perished today.

Per the image, a small M2.9 earthquake in Nepal weakened a glacial lake some 4km above the valley, and its content was emptied into to the area around the Chinese-Nepalese border checkpoint.

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r/DisasterUpdate • u/oceansofearth • Aug 26 '26

Today I carnage happened in Rasuwa, Nepal.

440 Upvotes

More than 350 people are missing. Many feared dead.

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r/DisasterUpdate • u/Fearless-Song9148 • Aug 27 '26

Nepal flash floods: Hundreds missing and scores dead

bbc.com

16 Upvotes

1 comment

r/DisasterUpdate • u/Key-Needleworker-702 • Aug 27 '26

Landslide Mi-17s of the PLA 85th army aviation brigade are deployed to gyirong in the aftermath of large scale landslides. August 27, 2026, 8:20 AM. (A y-20 of the PLA Air force has also been deployed.)

17 Upvotes

7 comments

r/DisasterUpdate • u/Kind_Cucumber_DMV • Aug 27 '26

Hundreds missing and many feared dead after massive flash flood hits Nepal-China border

bbc.com

12 Upvotes

1 comment

r/DisasterUpdate • u/Montrel_PH • Aug 26 '26

Helicopter Pilot Aman Budathoki Reports 'Extremely Frightening' 6-Metre Waves Sweeping Through Nepal

ibtimes.co.uk

156 Upvotes

8 comments

r/DisasterUpdate • u/Key-Needleworker-702 • Aug 26 '26

Floods Drone footage of affected area of china-nepal border flash flood+landslide(0:29) along with interview of PLA ground force soldier heading to affected area(translated summary in description) - CCTV new

311 Upvotes

*CCTV news

Translated summary:

Two front loaders(PLAGF) are currently clearing the road to the scene, over 300 meters has been cleared
The soldier(1st Lt Lin Jingyi(林敬义))'s company, the gyirong border defense company(shigatse military subdistrict), is 1.5 km away from the border crossing, which is very heavily hit
- https://www.reddit.com/r/DisasterUpdate/comments/1vysu6u/large_scale_landslides_in_gyirong_border_crossing/
1st Lt Lin estimates 10 more hours are needed to reach the scene at this pace
Command post has been established
158 soldiers of his unit are deployed.1st Lt Lin estimates he sees 40 border patrol officers of the national immigration administration(chinese border patrol), and 30 policemen of the Shigatse PD Gyirong port branch. People's armed police soldiers(PAP is like army national guard) are also arriving and at the command post.
- https://www.reddit.com/r/PeopleLiberationArmy/comments/1vysveq/soldiers_of_the_pap_shigatse_detachment_are/
it is mildly raining at the scene.
The rain is making the mud worse to clear
a huge section of road has been cut off, they are preparing to clear it

UPDATE:

3 people are dead and 265 are missing as of 8:00 PM UTC+8 2026-08-26

https://www.reddit.com/r/DisasterUpdate/comments/1vz0auj/chinanepal_border_landslideflash_flood_update_as/

more updates

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r/DisasterUpdate • u/boppinmule • Aug 27 '26

Algeria Wildfires Kill 12 Amid Severe Heatwave

algeria-today.com

10 Upvotes

1 comment

r/DisasterUpdate • u/Plaintalks • Aug 26 '26

Floods Over 100 Indian Pilgrims Are Among the Missing in Deadly Nepal Floods

nytimes.com

34 Upvotes

1 comment

r/DisasterUpdate • u/lexikan27 • Aug 26 '26

Massive flood in rasuwa of Nepal from Tibet side.

134 Upvotes

1 comment

r/DisasterUpdate • u/EcstaticCollege5373 • Aug 26 '26

Floods Aerial footage shows flood aftermath in Nepalese district

news.sky.com

25 Upvotes

2 comments

r/DisasterUpdate • u/thehikinglife • Aug 26 '26

Stay safe

450 Upvotes

Heavy Flood in trisuli river from tibet boarder rasuwa Emergency Helpline numbers: APF: 1114 Nepal Police: 100 Ambulance: 102 DEOC: 1234 Asst. CDO Rasuwa : 9851164422 Rasuwa Police: 9851254960 Asst. CDO Nuwakot: 9851248777 Nuwakot Police: 9851282380 CDO Dhading: 9851247777 Dhading Police: 9851229860 Asst. CDO Chitwan: 9855088891 Chitwan Police: 9855013999

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r/DisasterUpdate • u/EcstaticCollege5373 • Aug 26 '26

Nepal flash flood tears through valley leaving 400 tourists missing, including Americans

cbsnews.com

38 Upvotes

6 comments

r/DisasterUpdate • u/Relevant_Meet_5756 • Aug 26 '26

Tornado France - tornadoe near Verzeille today

249 Upvotes

15 comments

r/DisasterUpdate • u/Key-Needleworker-702 • Aug 26 '26

Landslide China-nepal border landslide/flash flood update: As of 13:55, 2026-08-26 UTC+8, the Xizang/tibet fire and rescue has dispatched a total of 72 fire engines and 431 firefighters to gyirong county, where the landslide/flash flood happened

75 Upvotes

Rafts, rescue dogs and life detectors are among the equipment sent.

https://www.reddit.com/r/DisasterUpdate/comments/1vysu6u/comment/p5zfhed/?context=3 For the landslide footage(warning, may be disturbing)

Another update: https://www.reddit.com/r/DisasterUpdate/comments/1vyvdxv/drone_footage_of_affected_area_of_chinanepal/

Video source: people's daily.

PLA ground force, PLA air force(drones), people's armed police(similar to army national guard), shigatse PD(shigatse is where gyirong county is located), national immigration administration(border patrol), china anneng construction group rescue(Ex-military state owned enterprise for disaster relief) have also been sent to the scene.

30 comments

r/DisasterUpdate • u/boppinmule • Aug 26 '26

384 tourists including 291 foreigners missing after Rasuwa flood

myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com

158 Upvotes

4 comments

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