In Photos | Aftermath Of Devastating Nepal Flash Floods

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

Nepal infrastructure damage cost 2026
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
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Chilime hydropower plant flood damage
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
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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
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Debris avalanche Nepal China border
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
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Debris avalanche Nepal China border
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
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Indian tunnel rescue team Nepal
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
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Nepal China border flood news
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
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Trishuli River flooding updates
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
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Nepal flood death toll 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
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Nepal flash floods 2026 updates
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
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Nepal flash flood aftermath
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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