Saturday, March 29, 2025
Kathmandu/New Delhi, September 27, 2026: A weather system originating in the Bay of Bengal has triggered another round of severe natural destruction across Nepal. On Sunday morning, a massive avalanche hit the base camp of the 7,126-meter-high Himlung Himal in Western Nepal’s Manang district, leaving at least 10 mountaineers missing. Those missing include local guides and kitchen support staff, among them two members of the ‘Imagine Nepal’ trekking agency. Adverse weather conditions and the remote terrain are posing major hurdles to rescue operations, prompting the Department of Tourism to suspend all trekking activities in the region.
Simultaneously, relentless heavy rainfall since Thursday has caused rivers to overflow across both the plains and hilly regions of Nepal. In the Butwal region, the Tinau River breached its banks, sweeping away six homes and forcing police to evacuate over 1,000 residents to relief camps. At Devghat, the Narayani River has crossed danger levels, while the Karnali Highway remains completely blocked due to landslides.
Nepal was still recovering from the catastrophic floods in August that claimed over 1,400 lives. Given the deteriorating conditions, disaster management teams have sounded a high alert across the country.
