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In Photos | Aftermath Of Devastating Nepal Flash Floods

An ice-rock avalanche initiated the crisis. The August 26 collapse near the Nepal-Tibet frontier destroyed settlements across northern and central Nepal

A view of damaged and half-buried buildings under silt and debris following devastating flash floods, in Betrawati, Nuwakot district, Nepal, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026. The flash floods and subsequent mudslides triggered by torrential rainfall caused extensive damage to property and infrastructure across the region. | Photo: PTI/Arun Sharma
Residents pull a newly installed zipline to help people commute across the Trishuli river in the aftermath of flash floods at Bidur in Nepal's Nuwakot district, Nepal, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026.
Residents pull a newly installed zipline to help people commute across the Trishuli river in the aftermath of flash floods at Bidur in Nepal's Nuwakot district, Nepal, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026. | Photo: AP/Rajesh Kumar Singh
A structure partially damaged in flash floods stands at the banks of the Trishuli river in Nepal's Nuwakot district, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026.
A structure partially damaged in flash floods stands at the banks of the Trishuli river in Nepal's Nuwakot district, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026. | Photo: AP/Rajesh Kumar Singh
Balaram Gajurel, 86, is carried by his son on his back after getting transported on a zip line constructed to transport stranded citizens across the Trishuli river following flash floods, in Nepal's Nuwakot district, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026.
Balaram Gajurel, 86, is carried by his son on his back after getting transported on a zip line constructed to transport stranded citizens across the Trishuli river following flash floods, in Nepal's Nuwakot district, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026. | Photo: AP/Rajesh Kumar Singh
A view of damaged and half-buried buildings under silt and debris following devastating flash floods, at Betrawati market, in Nuwakot district, Nepal, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026.
A view of damaged and half-buried buildings under silt and debris following devastating flash floods, at Betrawati market, in Nuwakot district, Nepal, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026. | Photo: PTI/Arun Sharma
People wait to board a trolley on a zip line constructed to transport stranded citizens across the Trishuli river following flash floods, in Nepal's Nuwakot district, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026.
People wait to board a trolley on a zip line constructed to transport stranded citizens across the Trishuli river following flash floods, in Nepal's Nuwakot district, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026. | Photo: PTI/Rajesh Kumar Singh
Residents commute across the Trishuli river on a newly installed zipline in the aftermath of flash floods at Bidur in Nepal's Nuwakot district, Nepal, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026.
Residents commute across the Trishuli river on a newly installed zipline in the aftermath of flash floods at Bidur in Nepal's Nuwakot district, Nepal, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026. | Photo: AP/Rajesh Kumar Singh
Residents wait for their turn commute across the Trishuli river on a newly installed zipline in the aftermath of flash floods at Bidur in Nepal's Nuwakot district, Nepal, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026.
Residents wait for their turn commute across the Trishuli river on a newly installed zipline in the aftermath of flash floods at Bidur in Nepal's Nuwakot district, Nepal, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026. | Photo: AP/Rajesh Kumar Singh
Residents pull the steel wire of a newly installed zipline to help people commute commute across the Trishuli river in the aftermath of flash floods at Bidur in Nepal's Nuwakot district, Nepal, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026.
Residents pull the steel wire of a newly installed zipline to help people commute commute across the Trishuli river in the aftermath of flash floods at Bidur in Nepal's Nuwakot district, Nepal, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026. | Photo: PTI/Rajesh Kumar Singh
Structures partially submerged in mud brought in by flash floods stand at the banks of the Trishuli river in Nepal's Nuwakot district, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026.
Structures partially submerged in mud brought in by flash floods stand at the banks of the Trishuli river in Nepal's Nuwakot district, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026. | Photo: AP/Rajesh Kumar Singh
A dog stands next to structures damaged in flash floods, in Nepal's Nuwakot district, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026.
A dog stands next to structures damaged in flash floods, in Nepal's Nuwakot district, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026. | Photo: AP/Rajesh Kumar Singh
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