Nepal's Second Mountain Catastrophe In Weeks Just Hit — And It's Terrifying

Be in the yard for the next eclipse, meteor shower or aurora, and know what the forecast really means for your house: https://thespacedesk.net Before dawn on Sunday, October 11, a landslide-dammed tributary burst above Nepal's Budhi Gandaki river in Gorkha district, sending a surge of mud and debris down the valley that swept away an estimated 35 to 40 houses, six bridges and the construction camp of a 341-megawatt hydropower project. At Arughat, the river gauge climbed from 2.28 to 8.43 meters in under five hours, more than three meters above its danger level, with almost no rain at the site. It is Nepal's second mountain disaster in six weeks. Five people are confirmed missing, the river was still rising and falling hours later, and geologists have been sent upstream to find out whether the blockage that caused it is really gone. What they find decides whether the warnings from Gorkha to Chitwan come down. Subscribe for clear, fast breakdowns of the biggest space and weather stories. Tell us in the comments: have you trekked the Manaslu region, or do you have family along the Budhi Gandaki or Trishuli? If you know someone traveling in Nepal this season, share this with them. CHAPTERS 0:00 Introduction 0:31 The roar before dawn in Gorkha 2:34 A flood with no storm behind it 4:34 How a landslide dams a river 6:36 The Arughat gauge and the second surge 8:24 Bridges, homes and a hydropower camp lost 10:34 The missing herders and the airlift 12:40 Six weeks after the Rasuwa disaster 14:34 Why Nepal's rivers keep damming themselves 16:26 The warning chain down to Chitwan 17:56 What the next two days decide SOURCES ICIMOD: Landslide-dam breach may have triggered Budhi Gandaki flash flood — https://www.icimod.org/press-releases... Kathmandu Post: Five things to know about the Budhi Gandaki flash flood — https://kathmandupost.com/gandaki-pro... Kathmandu Post: Landslide may have triggered flash flooding in Budhi Gandaki — https://kathmandupost.com/gandaki-pro... Kathmandu Post: What we know so far about the damage — https://kathmandupost.com/gandaki-pro... Kathmandu Post: Four people unaccounted for after Budhi Gandaki floods — https://kathmandupost.com/gandaki-pro... The Himalayan Times: Five missing, 47 rescued after Budhi Gandaki flood — https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/f... The Himalayan Times: Budhi Gandaki flood risk remains high — https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/b... The Himalayan Times: Budhigandaki flood washes away 35 houses — https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/b... The Week: What caused the Budhi Gandaki river flood — https://www.theweek.in/news/world/202... ANI: 10 missing, 6 rescued as flash flood hits Budhi Gandaki — https://www.aninews.in/news/world/asi... The Tribune: Landslide-dam breach likely triggered Budhi Gandaki floods — https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/wor... Euronews: Nepal orders evacuations after Budhi Gandaki flash flood — https://www.euronews.com/video/2026/1... The Himalayan Times: Rain, thunderstorms likely across Nepal's hills — https://thehimalayantimes.com/environ... This video is for educational and informational purposes. It summarizes official statements from Nepal's National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority, the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology and ICIMOD, along with news reporting available as of the afternoon of Sunday, October 11, 2026, Nepal time. The cause of the flood had not been officially confirmed, and counts of missing people, destroyed homes and bridges were still being updated at the time of recording. Always follow guidance from local authorities. #BudhiGandaki #NepalFlood