Everest Chronicle

10/09/2026

The fixed-rope team on Mount Manaslu has completed work up to Camp III, clearing the way for climbers to begin acclimatisation rotations ahead of the autumn climbing season.

The Expedition Operators Association Nepal (EOAN), which has taken responsibility for opening the route to the summit, said its rope-fixing team reached Camp III and completed the work on Thursday.

The 8,163-metre peak is one of Nepal’s most popular climbing destinations during the autumn season.

Nepal's Department of Tourism has issued 422 climbing permits for Manaslu for the season.

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10/09/2026

He gives us one of the clearest and most concise accounts of what happened in Betrawati — from the disaster itself to the failure of the response mechanism and the shortcomings of the response that followed.

Kalyan Saru Magar, a local entrepreneur, watched helplessly from ac...

10/09/2026

The search for survivors inside the tunnels has been expedited, with authorities estimating that around 900 people could still be trapped underground.

Two people have been rescued alive from the Trishuli A hydropower plant tunnel, while another was found dead. Tunnel experts say some of those still inside could be alive, keeping the focus on rescuing survivors.

Kaka’s family is among those waiting anxiously for news. They were told by a man who had spoken to Kaka shortly before the flood that he had just entered the tunnel.

His family tried to locate him through his mobile phone, but were unable to establish his whereabouts.

Nepal has no reliable system for tracing mobile phones or locating missing people, leaving families with few ways to find out whether their loved ones are alive or where they may be trapped.

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10/09/2026

UPDATE on Manaslu Trek

District Administration Office in Gorkha lifted its ban on trekking on the Manaslu and Larkya Pass routes after floods swept away bridges and damaged sections of the trails. Trekking can now resume following repairs to the damaged trail infrastructure

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Local residents restore access after floods swept away a bridge, but an official advisory urging trekkers to postpone travel remains in place

09/09/2026

This composite image shows the power house of the Trishuli Hydropower Station in Trishuli Bazaar before and after the flood. Today, only the roof of the power house is visible, while the river has been choked with boulders and layers of silt several metres deep.

The roof resurfaced after the second wave of flooding on August 30, when a barrier lake upstream gave way.
The 24-megawatt power station was established in 1967 with assistance from the Indian government and is one of Nepal’s oldest hydropower plants. Its reservoir remains largely unaffected, raising the possibility that the station could eventually be restored if the water level recedes.

However, the recovery could take years. The river will need to carry away the enormous volume of silt and boulders deposited across its bed before the area can return to anything resembling its pre-flood state.

09/09/2026

Manaslu reopens: Local residents have built a temporary wooden bridge over the Therang River after a flood on September 6 swept away suspension bridges, severing the Manaslu Circuit route.
Residents repaired an old trail and built the bridge, restoring access to the Manaslu region. The district administration’s advisory urging trekkers to stay away from the Manaslu region remains in effect.
However, Chumnumri Rural Municipality Chair Nima Lama said the route had been reconnected and that trekking in the Manaslu region was now possible.

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08/09/2026

Kalyan Saru Magar, a local entrepreneur, watched helplessly from across the river as a wall of floodwater swept away his home in Betrawati. His home along with much of the town was washed away within moments.

Magar knew his wife and children had survived, but his mother was nowhere to be found. His son was swept away by the flood but managed to survive by clinging to a truck.

We met him days later after the flood, sitting among the wreckage beside a sludge-filled pool, watching as police and rescuers recovered bodies from a house, which had been swept to the other side of the town. He waited for the news he dreaded: whether his mother was among them. Magar spoke to Everest Chronicle as police continued to recover bodies from the remains of his home.

Rescuers recovered 24 bodies from the house. The following day, they pulled a 64-year-old woman alive from a nearby house, offering a rare glimmer of hope amid the devastation.

(Kalyan found his mother’s body on the ninth day after the flood, about 20 kilometres downstream.)

08/09/2026

The death toll from devastating floods that swept through several districts has risen to 1,357, with around 5,326 people still missing, according to government figures released Tuesday.

The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority said 1,357 bodies had been recovered as of 1:00 pm on Tuesday, including 169 in Rasuwa, 197 in Nuwakot, 70 in Dhading, 75 in Gorkha, 38 in Tanahun, 363 in Chitwan, 223 in Nawalparasi East and 222 in Nawalparasi West.

The toll includes unidentified human remains.

The authority said about 2,860 people were missing from Rasuwa, including 1,393 residents of the district, 1,286 people from other parts of Nepal and dozens of security personnel and government and financial-sector employees.

Another 1,981 Nepali citizens were reported missing from neighbouring Nuwakot, while around 587 foreign tourists remained unaccounted for.

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06/09/2026

Devighat was more than a town of about 400 households in Nuwakot district. It was a place of faith, commerce and community, built around the meeting of two rivers.

This is where the Tadi and Trishuli rivers converge — a dovan, as such confluences are known in Nepal. For many Hindus, these places carry a special spiritual significance. The flat, fertile river basin has also long drawn settlements, making Devighat both a religious centre and a thriving town.

At its heart stood the Jalapa Temple, one of the area’s most revered Hindu temple. Devotees gathered there for prayers and festivals, while fairs attracted visitors from across the district and beyond.

Devighat was also an important gateway to Bidur, the district headquarters, and connected the area to Kathmandu through Galchhi. Its roads, shops and river crossings made it one of Nuwakot’s busiest and most vibrant settlements.

Now, it is gone.

We reached Devighat to find a landscape that was almost impossible to recognise. The Jalapa Temple has been swept away by the floodwaters. Houses, roads and infrastructure have been washed away.

The Nepal Army’s Bridge Construction Wing is building a bridge across the Tadi River, reconnecting the town and restoring its road link to the district headquarters.

06/09/2026

Nepal’s mountain guides, accustomed to risking their lives on some of the world’s highest peaks, have taken on a new role in the aftermath of the country’s devastating floods: entering oxygen-starved hydropower tunnels to search for survivors — and then contributing their own money to the national relief effort.

The Nepal National Mountain Guide Association (NNMGA), whose members include guides certified by the International Federation of Mountain Guides Associations (IFMGA), volunteered its specialist expertise for the first time in a major natural disaster, working alongside the army, police and government rescue teams.

The NNMGA later donated Rs 501,000 to the Prime Minister’s Disaster Relief Fund to help communities affected by the floods. It said it was the first professional mountain guides’ association to contribute to the fund, even before the Nepal Mountaineering Association.

The guides offered to reach people trapped in hydropower tunnels and rescue survivors stranded on steep and inaccessible ground — work that demanded precisely the rope, climbing and high-risk rescue skills normally used in the Himalayas.

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