NEPAL HAZARD WATCH · FLOOD CASE STUDY
Lhende Khola / Bhote Koshi–Trishuli flood
An outburst flood entered Nepal at Timure from the Tibetan / Gyirong catchment and travelled the Bhote Koshi–Trishuli corridor toward Devghat.
Published 2026-08-30 · latest gauge compile 10 Oct 2026, 00:50 NPT · bulletin मौसम चेतावनी · असोज १९ बिहान ८ बजे
GEOGRAPHIC RECORD
Flood path and DHM stations
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WHAT HAPPENED
The surge reached the upper Nepal corridor during the morning, damaging settlements and infrastructure around Syabrubesi before travelling downstream through Nuwakot and Dhading.
DHM station records and the compiled event path provide the timing context below. Casualty figures remain provisional and should be verified with NDRRMA and Nepal Police rather than inferred from river data.
COMPILED TIMELINE
How the event unfolded
- Timureटिमुरे
Entered Nepal from Tibet
- Syabrubesiस्याफ्रुबेसी
Town and infrastructure damage
- Betrawati / Bidurबेत्रावती / विदुर
Trishuli, Nuwakot, prison
- Galchhiगल्छी
Dhading — confirmed
- Furke / Malekhuफुर्के / मलेखु
10.8 m · bridge lost
- Muglingमुग्लिन
Flood arrived · roads closed
- Devghat, Chitwanचितवन देवघाट
DHM peak 6.57 m @ 16:00
RASUWA BEFORE / AFTER
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SOURCES & PROVENANCE
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