Nepal National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority

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Coordinating response to the October 11 Gorkha flash flood and reporting on the September floods

At least 108 people died in September flooding across northern India and Nepal. A flash flood hit Nepal's Gorkha district on October 11; Nepal's disaster authority says an avalanche of rock and ice triggered it, echoing the mountain collapse that unleashed August's deadly flood.

Updated 3 days ago

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Leading the emergency response

The morning of August 26, a 600-meter-wide slab of glacier and rock peeled off Langtang Lirung, a 23,700-foot peak on the Nepal-China border, and fell 1,200 meters into the valley. The debris dammed the Lhende Khola river; hours later the dam burst, sending a wall of ice, mud, and water down the Bhotekoshi and Trishuli rivers.

Updated Sep 1

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Leading disaster response on Nepali side

A slab of glacier broke off a steep Himalayan slope near the Nepal-Tibet border on Wednesday morning and fell roughly a kilometer to the valley floor. The impact shook the ground like a magnitude 5.2 earthquake and produced enough meltwater to flood the river system below within minutes.

Updated Aug 27