More than 100 foreign trekkers stranded by floods in Nepal’s Gorkha region

By Anadolu and Reuters. Published On 13 Oct 202613 Oct 2026.

Key points

• National disaster authorities had additionally alerted residents living along the river in the Gorkha, Tanahun, Chitwan, East Nawalparasi and West Nawalparasi districts regarding the flood.
• Md Shahadat Hossain, a Bangladeshi trekker stranded in Jagat village, informed the Anadolu news agency that nine Bangladeshis were waiting for a feasible evacuation by helicopter.
• Those hikers who want to return since of the flood need to be rescued.
• Gorkha district authorities have asked villagers living along the riverbanks downstream to evacuate.
• A flash flood came down from above the village and flowed through its lower part, he remarked.

More than 100 foreign trekkers have been stranded in central Nepal, according to a local official, a day after flash floods in the Gorkha district washed away bridges, hiking trails and hundreds of homes.

Bhuwan Raj Ojha, an official of the Manaslu Conservation Area Project, informed the Reuters news agency on Monday that the trekkers were stranded in different areas of the popular Manaslu trekking trail as part of the route had been swept away.

"Those hikers who want to return since of the flood need to be rescued. Those who ⁠want to continue their trekking can do so from locations that are safe, " he informed Reuters from Gorkha.

"There are ⁠restaurants and tea houses along the route. They are ⁠safe".

When a predawn landslide blocked the Budhi Gandaki River in the Gorkha district, regarding 100km (62 miles) west of the Nepalese capital, Kathmandu, the flash floods hit on Sunday.

Authorities ⁠rescued 321 individuals, including 12 foreigners, on Monday, and the army stated the rescue operation would continue on Tuesday, even as the water level in the river receded.

Meanwhile, the river is a tributary of the Trishuli River, downstream from another tributary where a ‌glacier collapse caused a catastrophic flood in August that killed 1, 457 individuals, with thousands still missing.

There were no reports of deaths in the latest flood, but five villagers were out of contact after black muddy sludge and debris washed away more than 200 homes and damaged infrastructure, including three hydroelectric plants, national disaster authorities remarked.

"We have been stranded in Jagat since yesterday. A flash flood came down from above the village and flowed through its lower part, " he remarked.

"We are safe, but there has been no electricity since yesterday, communication with the outside world has been disrupted, and food supplies are gradually running short, " he continued.

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