Nepal struggles to rebuild after Himalayan flash flood kills at least 1,400
On the morning of 26 August 2026, a flash flood of rock and ice roared down from a high Himalayan peak into Nepal’s valleys, tearing through homes, villages and bridges. At least 1,400 people were killed and more than 5,000 remain missing. The disaster is the latest in a run of catastrophes that have struck Nepal in recent years as climate change speeds up, leaving communities to rebuild while the search for the missing continues.
Al Jazeera’s 101 East programme follows rescuers who risk their lives looking for those still unaccounted for, and the people providing aid and shelter to traumatised children and families. The reporting centres on Nepal’s effort to save lives and restore shattered settlements after a sudden high-mountain flood that combined ice, rock and water — a type of event that has become a recurring threat in the Himalaya as warming destabilises ice and slopes above densely inhabited valleys.
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