Official figures
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Reviewed as of 25 Asoj, 11:58 — first-day reports, preliminary
7 sources
- Nepali Army via Onlinekhabar (25 Asoj 11:58 — landslide dam at Philim, 6 rescued from Jagat by helicopter) ↗
- Kathmandu Post — Five things to know (updated 11:49 — 35–40 houses per Chumnubri RM; 5 missing at Chumchet; 4–5 herders out of contact) ↗
- Kathmandu Post — damage so far (updated 09:18 — CDO: 5–7 houses at Jagat; bridges by name) ↗
- Kathmandu Post — Four people unaccounted for (updated 09:12) ↗
- Karobar Daily (Assistant CDO Netraprasad Sharma: 6 bridges, 2 motorable + 4 suspension; at least 10 out of contact) ↗
- PTI via Deccan Chronicle (CDO Dharmendra Kumar Mishra: no casualties reported so far) ↗
- Gorkhapatra (25 Asoj — hydropower camp and Salleri bazaar swept away; CDO: human loss still being assessed) ↗
Register and official toll are separate — do not add together.
Map of the Budhi Gandaki valley
Gorkha took the flood; Dhading lies across the river at Arughat and Benighat. Chitwan and Nawalparasi are shaded for DHM’s downstream warning, not for reported damage. The line follows the water down the valley.
- Course
- Kathmandu Post — damage so far (11 Oct 2026) ↗Nepali Army via Onlinekhabar (25 Asoj, 11:58) ↗Place positions — OpenStreetMap (Nominatim), checked 11 Oct 2026 ↗ reviewed 2026-10-11
- Gauges
- DHM · BIPAD Portal ↗ read 7 min ago
What officials are warning about
First-day warnings. They change through the day — follow the linked source for the current position, and DHM and the District Administration Office Gorkha above anything here.
What happened
Early on Sunday 11 October 2026 (25 Asoj 2083) a flash flood came down the Budhi Gandaki river in northern Gorkha. Residents and tourists began fleeing from around 4 am after hearing a loud roar from the tributaries upstream.
The water swept through Chumnubri and Dharche rural municipalities and on past Arughat, carrying away houses in the riverbed settlements at Jagat, Salleri and Paiyu, the construction camp of the Budhi Gandaki hydropower project at Salleri, and at least six bridges, including the bridge at Arughat that links Gorkha and Dhading.
The preliminary account is that a landslide blocked the river upstream and the blockage then burst. Accounts differ on where. A Nepali Army reconnaissance team reported a dry landslide blocking the flow at Philim, Chumnubri-3. DHM said a landslide near Chumchet may have blocked a tributary, and other reports place it between Lokpa and Chumling. As of midday on 11 October the cause had not been officially confirmed, and an Army drone team had been sent upstream to establish it.
We report the cause only as far as sources support it. The figures on this desk are first-day reports and they disagree; each is shown with who gave it.
Kathmandu Post — What we know so far about the damage caused by Budhi Gandaki floods (11 Oct 2026) ↗Kathmandu Post — Five things to know about the Budhi Gandaki flash flood (11 Oct 2026) ↗Onlinekhabar — Nepali Army reporting: a dry landslide blocked the flow (25 Asoj, 11:58) ↗PTI via Deccan Chronicle — Nepal flash flood sweeps away over 35 houses, bridges in Gorkha (11 Oct 2026) ↗
Place by place
No death toll yet — which is not the same as zero
On the morning of 11 October the Gorkha Chief District Officer said no casualties had been reported so far, and no deaths or injuries had been confirmed by midday. With people still out of contact, this desk shows no deaths figure until an official count is published.
River levels right now
Live from the Government of Nepal BIPAD Portal. Each gauge is compared against its own warning and danger marks — not against the other gauges.
Live river data is unavailable right now. Everything else on this page still applies.
Give safely
No relief account for this flood has been verified yet. Atlas lists one only once an official notice names it. Until then, do not send money to an account shared on social media in the flood's name.