What happened, step by step
Follow the river from top to bottom. Distances are measured along the real river channel from where the collapse happened.
Nepal Flood Watch
Open flood intelligence for Rasuwa, Nuwakot & Nepal's river basins
Active emergency
Flash flood and debris avalanche on the Bhotekoshi–Trishuli corridor, 26 August 2026. Search and rescue is ongoing. Two landslide-dammed lakes upstream remain a live secondary threat.
Where the flood came from, and where it went
The red line is the river the flood wave travelled down, from the collapse on the Chinese border to the plains of Chitwan. Tap anything on the map to read what it is.
Tap the map to zoom. Tap any dot or line to see what it means.
Where it startedPath of the floodDammed lakesMuch higher than usualHigher than usualA little higher than usualNormal for now
River flow & rainfall
Modelled river discharge (GloFAS via Open-Meteo) and rainfall forecast for each monitoring point. Risk is a flow anomaly against that point's own recent normal — not an official danger level.
AI risk outlook
Generated by AI Agents from the live discharge and rainfall figures shown above. It is a reading of the data, not an official forecast.
News, cross-checked
Pulled from Nepali and international outlets plus ReliefWeb. Claims that appear in several independent outlets are marked corroborated; single-source claims are marked unverified.
AI digest
A plain-language summary of the last 24 hours, written from the headlines below.
Check a claim
The assistant searches the live web and tells you what it can and cannot confirm.
Get help
Verified emergency contacts. Calls to Nepal's short codes below are free from any Nepali mobile or landline.
1149National Emergency Operation CentreDisaster hotline — floods, landslides, rescue coordination100Nepal PoliceAny emergency, missing persons, immediate danger102AmbulanceMedical emergency and casualty transport
101Fire BrigadeFire and technical rescue103Traffic PoliceRoad blockages, highway conditions, detours1144Tourist PoliceHelp for foreign nationals and trekkers1098Child HelplineSeparated, unaccompanied or at-risk children1145Women's HelplineSupport and protection for women and girls
Verify a number before relying on it in an emergency — lines change during a disaster.
What to do now
- 1Move to the highest nearby ground immediately — do not wait for an official warning.
- 2Never walk or drive through moving water; 15 cm of flow can knock an adult over.
- 3Stay off riverbanks and out of gorges in Rasuwa and Nuwakot — dammed lakes upstream can release without warning.
- 4Keep your phone charged and share your location with family before you lose signal.
- 5Treat all flood water as contaminated. Boil or purify drinking water.
- 6If someone is missing, call 100 and file a report with the local police, then post here.
Relief organisations
- Nepal Red Cross SocietySearch & rescue, first aid, family tracing
- NDRRMA (Govt. of Nepal)National disaster authority — official bulletins
- BIPAD PortalGovernment disaster information portal
- DHM NepalOfficial river levels and weather warnings
- UNICEF NepalChild protection, water and sanitation
- OCHA / ReliefWebHumanitarian situation reports
Report a need or a sighting
Anyone can post. No account needed. Each report is screened by AI for abuse and personal data before it appears publicly.
This board is not monitored by rescue services. For a life-threatening emergency call 100 or 1149 first.
Public reports
No public reports yet. Yours can be the first.
Common questions about the Nepal floods
Straight answers to what people are asking most. Anything safety-critical should still be confirmed with the authorities.
What caused the Nepal flood of 26 August 2026?
A glacier and rock collapse above the Bhotekoshi river, near Langtang Lirung, sent a debris avalanche into the river on the morning of 26 August 2026. The resulting flash flood travelled down the Bhotekoshi–Trishuli corridor at roughly 190 km/h, destroying settlements across Rasuwa and Nuwakot. Scientists are still reconstructing the exact chain of events.
How many people died in the Nepal flood?
Figures are provisional and change daily. This page extracts the latest reported numbers directly from live news feeds and shows the outlet and date beside each one, rather than publishing a single figure of its own. Official counts come from Nepal Police and the National Emergency Operation Centre.
Are the landslide-dammed lakes still dangerous?
Yes. The debris avalanche blocked the river and formed lakes behind it, and those lakes remain under watch. If one breaches, water can come down the same valley again with little warning. River-discharge models cannot see this hazard, so it is tracked separately here and flagged in every risk outlook.
What is the emergency number for floods in Nepal?
Call 1149 for the National Emergency Operation Centre, Nepal's disaster hotline, or 100 for Nepal Police. Both are free from any Nepali mobile or landline and are dialled without an area code. Ambulance is 102 and fire is 101.
How do I report a missing person after the flood?
Call 100 and file a report with the local police first, as they coordinate the official search. You can then post a public notice on this site's report board, which needs no account and is screened for abuse before it appears.
Is it safe to travel to Rasuwa or Nuwakot right now?
Follow official advisories rather than any website, including this one. Roads and bridges across Rasuwa, Nuwakot and Dhading were destroyed or damaged, the Prithvi Highway has been disrupted, and the dammed lakes upstream remain an active hazard. Check current river readings on this page and call 103 for road conditions.
Where does the river data on this site come from?
River discharge is modelled by the Copernicus Global Flood Awareness System (GloFAS) and served free by Open-Meteo; rainfall comes from ECMWF and GFS forecasts. These are model outputs, not gauge readings. Nepal's Department of Hydrology and Meteorology publishes the official river levels and danger thresholds.
Is Nepal Flood Watch free to use?
Yes. There is no login, no account, no paywall and no advertising. It is an independent public-interest project, not a government service, and works in English, Nepali and Hindi.
These answers are maintained by hand and reviewed against reporting. They are not official government guidance.
Ask about the floods
Answers are grounded in the live river, rainfall and news data on this page. If the data does not cover your question, the assistant will say so rather than guess.
AI-generated. Verify anything safety-critical with local authorities.
Where this data comes from
Every source here is public and free. Nothing on this page is behind a login.
Open-Meteo Flood API
Copernicus GloFAS river discharge, key-free
Open-Meteo Weather API
ECMWF & GFS rainfall forecasts
GDACS
EU/UN global disaster alerts
USGS Earthquake API
Seismic events near the affected slopes
ReliefWeb (OCHA)
Humanitarian situation reports
Kathmandu Post, OnlineKhabar, Himalayan Times
Nepali newsroom RSS feeds
OpenStreetMap
Base map tiles
Groq
AI Agents for analysis, screening and Q&A