Nepali authorities urged villagers on Sunday to move to safer places after a massive flood in a river in the central part of the country swept away several houses and infrastructure, though no casualties have been reported.
The flood was triggered by a dry landslide in Chumnubri village in the Gorkha district, about 100 kilometers west of Kathmandu, which blocked the Budhi Gandaki River, causing downstream flooding. The Budhi Gandaki is a tributary of the Trishuli River, downstream from another tributary where a glacier collapse caused a catastrophic flood in August that killed 1,457 people, with thousands still missing.
“We have asked villagers living along the river banks downstream to evacuate and remain safe,” said Dharmendra Kumar Mishra, the Gorkha district’s most senior bureaucrat. Mishra noted that several houses and two suspension bridges had been swept away, and a hydroelectric project was damaged by the flood.
National disaster authorities alerted people living along the river in the Gorkha, Tanahun, Chitwan, East Nawalparasi, and West Nawalparasi districts about the ongoing flood situation.
“Please help ensure that people in at-risk areas are moved to safe locations in time and assist search and rescue operations as needed,” the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority stated.
Officials confirmed that army and police rescue personnel had reached the area and were monitoring the situation from a helicopter.
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