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In Photos |Nepal Floods, One Month Later: A Nation Still Counting The Cost

One month after devastating floods and landslides battered Nepal, communities are still struggling to recover from the destruction

A Nepalese flag flies amid houses damaged by flash floods along the banks of the Trishuli River in Dunge, in Nepal's Nuwakot district, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026. | Photo: AP/Niranjan Shrestha
A mud-stained toy lies on the floor of a classroom inside the flood-damaged Uttargaya School in Nepal's Nuwakot district, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026.
A mud-stained toy lies on the floor of a classroom inside the flood-damaged Uttargaya School in Nepal's Nuwakot district, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026. Niranjan Shrestha
Survivors of a flash flood charge their cell phone at a temporary holding center in Nuwakot, Nepal, Sept. 22, 2026.
Survivors of a flash flood charge their cell phone at a temporary holding center in Nuwakot, Nepal, Sept. 22, 2026. | Photo: AP/Niranjan Shrestha
Nepalese people perform religious rituals on the bank of Trishuli river at Dunge, Nuwakot, Nepal, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026.
Nepalese people perform religious rituals on the bank of Trishuli river at Dunge, Nuwakot, Nepal, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026. | Photo: AP/Niranjan Shrestha
Pasang Maya Tamang stands inside a classroom converted into a temporary shelter as she shows a photograph of her 5-year-old son, who was swept away by flash floods, in Nepal's Nuwakot district, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026.
Pasang Maya Tamang stands inside a classroom converted into a temporary shelter as she shows a photograph of her 5-year-old son, who was swept away by flash floods, in Nepal's Nuwakot district, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026. | Photo: AP/Dar Yasin
A woman walks past a damaged bridge and trees left by a flash flood on the bank of the Trishuli River in Nuwakot district, Nepal, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026.
A woman walks past a damaged bridge and trees left by a flash flood on the bank of the Trishuli River in Nuwakot district, Nepal, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026. | Photo: AP/Niranjan Shrestha
An excavator cuts into a hillside to build a temporary road connecting towns and villages after flash floods destroyed the existing road in Nepal's Nuwakot district, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026.
An excavator cuts into a hillside to build a temporary road connecting towns and villages after flash floods destroyed the existing road in Nepal's Nuwakot district, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026. | Photo: AP/Niranjan Shrestha
Workers weld metal frames while building temporary shelters for survivors of recent flash floods in Nepal's Nuwakot district, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026.
Workers weld metal frames while building temporary shelters for survivors of recent flash floods in Nepal's Nuwakot district, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026. | Photo: AP/Niranjan Shrestha
Farmland covered in mud and houses damaged by flash floods are seen along the banks of the Trishuli River in Galchi, in Nepal's Nuwakot district, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026.
Farmland covered in mud and houses damaged by flash floods are seen along the banks of the Trishuli River in Galchi, in Nepal's Nuwakot district, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026. | Photo: AP/Niranjan Shrestha
Narayan Prasad Nepal, left, stands outside his damaged house by a flash flood in Galchi, Nuwakot, Nepal, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026.
Narayan Prasad Nepal, left, stands outside his damaged house by a flash flood in Galchi, Nuwakot, Nepal, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026. | Photo: AP/Niranjan Shrestha
Sprouts emerge from a corn cob amid debris left behind in the aftermath of flash floods along the banks of the Trishuli River in Nepal's Nuwakot district, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026.
Sprouts emerge from a corn cob amid debris left behind in the aftermath of flash floods along the banks of the Trishuli River in Nepal's Nuwakot district, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026. | Photo: AP/Niranjan Shrestha
A house and a school bus damaged by flash floods are seen in Betrawati, in Nepal's Nuwakot district, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026.
A house and a school bus damaged by flash floods are seen in Betrawati, in Nepal's Nuwakot district, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026. | Photo: AP/Niranjan Shrestha
Rocks tumble from a hillside after controlled explosives are used to clear a route for a temporary road reconnecting towns and villages after flash floods damaged the existing road in Nepal's Nuwakot district, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026.
Rocks tumble from a hillside after controlled explosives are used to clear a route for a temporary road reconnecting towns and villages after flash floods damaged the existing road in Nepal's Nuwakot district, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026. | Photo: AP/Niranjan Shrestha
People carry their belongings as they walk toward their villages after flash floods damaged roads in Nepal's Nuwakot district, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026.
People carry their belongings as they walk toward their villages after flash floods damaged roads in Nepal's Nuwakot district, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026. | Photo: AP/Niranjan Shrestha
A motorcyclist travels along a newly built temporary road cut into a hillside to reconnect villages after flash floods destroyed the existing road in Nepal's Nuwakot district, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026.
A motorcyclist travels along a newly built temporary road cut into a hillside to reconnect villages after flash floods destroyed the existing road in Nepal's Nuwakot district, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026. | Photo: AP/Niranjan Shrestha
A flood affected woman stands outside temporary shelters for survivors in Nuwakot, Nepal, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026.
A flood affected woman stands outside temporary shelters for survivors in Nuwakot, Nepal, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026. | Photo: AP/Niranjan Shrestha
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