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Photos: The Aftermath of Nepal’s Flash Floods

Images from hard-hit mountain villages where rescue and recovery efforts continue. More than 900 deaths have been confirmed, while nearly 4,000 remain missing, following powerful floods triggered by a glacier collapse on August 26.

By · August 31, 2026 · 3 min read
This article was originally published by The Atlantic and is republished here under license.
A group of rescue workers in a narrow mountain river valley look up toward a large drone carrying supplies on a long cable.
Jiang Fan / Xinhua / Getty
This photo shows search-and-rescue operations under way at the mudslide-hit area in Gyirong County, China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, on August 29, 2026.
A drone view of rescue workers inspecting damaged and mud-covered structures
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A drone view shows rescue workers inspecting damaged structures following flash flooding along the Trishuli River in the Devighat area of Nuwakot district, Nepal, on August 29, 2026.
A student searches for her school bag in a pile of backpacks extracted from the mud after a flood.
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A student searches for her schoolbag in a pile of backpacks extracted from the mud in the Shree Bagheswori Madhyamik School in Galchhi, Dhading district, Nepal, on August 30, 2026.
A drone view of a bridge toppled and damaged by flooding, still resting in a river
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A drone view of a bridge damaged by the flooding in the Tadi River in the Devighat area of Nuwakot district, Nepal, on August 29, 2026
People look at photographs of unidentified flood victims displayed on a string tacked to a wall outside a hospital.
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People look at photographs of unidentified flood victims displayed outside a government hospital to help relatives identify their loved ones in Kathmandu, Nepal, on August 28, 2026.
Police personnel rescue stranded residents from a flood-damaged house.
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Police personnel rescue stranded residents from a house buried in sludge after flash flooding along the Trishuli River in Nepal, on August 27, 2026.
Flood-damaged homes filled with mud and debris, including a downed tree
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Damaged homes filled with mud and debris are seen in Devighat, Nepal, on August 29, 2026.
A rescue helicopter takes off from a clearing with a group of people nearby.
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A rescue helicopter takes off for an evacuation operation in Nuwakot, Nepal, on August 29, 2026.
People react and embrace in a clearing, among soldiers and rescue workers.
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Rescued residents react as they meet family members at an army camp after the flooding, in Battar Bazar, Nepal, on August 28, 2026.
An aerial view of dmaged houses and debris deposits along a recently-flooded river
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An aerial view of the extensive destruction and debris deposits along the Trishuli River, following a catastrophic outburst flood in Bidur, Nepal, on August 28, 2026
Workers transfer belongings, including a large yellow teddy bear, from flood-damaged homes.
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Rescuers transfer belongings and debris from a house damaged by the flash flood, as search-and-rescue efforts continue in a town along the Trishuli River, in Nepal, on August 31, 2026.
An aerial view of damaged and mud-covered solar panels along a flooded river
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An aerial view of damaged and mud-covered solar panels along the Trishuli River in Bidur, Nepal, on August 28, 2026
A partially-buried truck is seen in thick mud.
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A partially buried truck on the bank of the Trishuli River in Nepal’s Dhading district on August 30, 2026
An aerial view of rescue workers inspecting damaged and mud-covered structures
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Rescue workers inspect damaged structures along the Trishuli River in Nepal’s Nuwakot district on August 29, 2026.
Splashed mud dries on the carved wooden door of a house.
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Splashed mud dries on the door of a house in Nepal’s Nuwakot district on August 29, 2026.
A man climbs out of a window after searching for his belongings inside his flood-damaged house.
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A man climbs out of a window after searching for his belongings inside his house in Nuwakot district on August 29, 2026.
A room inside a house, filled with toppled and mud-covered furniture and belongings
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A room is seen heavily covered in mud inside a flood-damaged house in Nepal’s Nuwakot district on August 29, 2026.
A cat walks through debris and mud left by flooding.
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A cat walks through debris and mud left by the flooding in Devighat, Nepal, on August 28, 2026.
A woman, carrying a small child on her back, looks out over a river valley.
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A woman and her child living along the Trishuli River take shelter on higher ground after fleeing their home early in the morning, as authorities issued a new flash-flood warning, in Bidir, Nuwakot, Nepal, on August 30, 2026.
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A drone photo shows a mudslide-hit area in Nepal on August 27, 2026.
Rescue workers remove flood debris in a mountain valley.
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Rescuers work in a mudslide-hit area in Gyirong County, in China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, on August 29, 2026.
Several soldiers row an inflatable raft through river wetlands, searching for flood victims.
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Army personnel conduct a search-and-rescue operation for flood victims along the Narayani River at Bharatpur in Nepal’s Chitwan district on August 30, 2026.
A police officer stands in a forest, near many short poles topped with blue signs with short number-and-letter identification labels.
Navesh Chitrakar / Reuters
A police officer stands near identification number tags for bodies at the Devghat mass burial site for victims of the flooding, in Chitwan, Nepal, on August 30, 2026.
Personnel in hazmat gear in a forest work during a mass burial operation.
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Police and army personnel bury unidentified bodies recovered from the flash floods at a mass burial site in the Devghat Forest on August 30, 2026, in Bharatpur, Nepal.
A mother cries during a mass burial, consoled and held by several relatives.
Dar Yasin / AP
Relatives console Muna Khadka, who lost her son, Aayush Khada, in the flooding, during mass burials in Chitwan, Nepal, on August 31, 2026.
Numbered identification tags placed in pots mark the graves of flash flood victims at a mass burial site in a forest.
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Numbered identification tags placed in pots mark the graves of flash-flood victims at a mass burial site in Chitwan on August 31, 2026.
A person lights a funeral pyre beside a river.
Athit Perawongmetha / Reuters
A relative of Prabita Roila, who lost her life in the flash floods, lights her funeral pyre beside the Suryamati River in Trishuli, Nepal, on August 30, 2026.
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