Overview
- A massive collapse from Langtang Lirung on 26 August sent ice, rock and a wall of water and mud down the Langtang Valley into Rasuwa and Nuwakot, leveling villages and key infrastructure.
- Authorities currently report more than 1,300 confirmed deaths and over 5,000 people still missing, with more than 800 foreign nationals among those unaccounted for.
- Rescuers have pulled more than 13,000 people to safety but broken roads, washed-out bridges and blocked hydropower tunnels force reliance on helicopters and long foot journeys to reach many settlements.
- Nepal has formally applied to the UN loss-and-damage fund for compensation and estimates reconstruction and economic losses at about $5 billion or higher.
- Humanitarian groups are scaling emergency aid and winter preparations while families and responders use photo walls and reported AI analysis to identify victims and provide psychosocial support.