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Rock-ice avalanche and flood in the Bhote Koshi valley

On 26 August 2026 a section of rock wall and glacier ice broke off Langtang Lirung and triggered a debris flood that ran down the Bhote Koshi and Trishuli valleys through Rasuwa district and beyond.

According to a World Weather Attribution analysis (as of 14 September 2026) more than 1,300 deaths were confirmed and more than 5,000 people remain missing; about 84,000 people in six districts were affected. Bridges, roads and hydropower plants were destroyed. The IFRC runs a USD 18 million emergency appeal.

Numbers with sources

Needs

• shelter
• health
• logistics
• water and sanitation
• livelihoods

Who is helping

Organisations that, according to their own publications, work on this event (3). Donations go directly to each organisation's own website - GLOBURNS does not handle payments.

• CARE International (CARE)
  CARE fights poverty and delivers humanitarian aid with a focus on women and girls. In Sudan it works in eight states, coordinated from Port Sudan, and reached more than…
  Donate on the organisation's website (care-international.org)
• International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
  The IFRC brings together National Societies and launches emergency appeals for disasters and crises. In Sudan its MDRSD033 appeal (CHF 80 million) supports the Sudanese…
  Donate on the organisation's website (ifrc.org)
• United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
  UNICEF works for children's health, nutrition, education and protection in more than 190 countries. In Yemen it runs five field offices (Sana'a, Aden, Sa'ada, Hudaydah…
  Donate on the organisation's website (help.unicef.org)

Sources

• worldweatherattribution.org worldweatherattribution.org/rapid-warming-in-the-himalaya-exacerbates-geohazard-cascades…
• go.ifrc.org go.ifrc.org/emergencies/8073
• en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Nepal_floods

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