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<\/picture><\/div>\nOn Wednesday, a sudden flood from Tibet caused massive devastation in Nepal’s Rasuwa district. From Timure to Trishuli Bazaar and Betrawati, floodwaters and debris destroyed houses, roads, and bridges, while a hydropower project was also washed away. In many areas, the scene of the flood was such that even the helipad was swept away, forcing rescue helicopters to return without landing.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n See the devastation caused by floods in Nepal in photos and videos<\/strong><\/span> The terrifying scene of the flood was captured on CCTV cameras at the Rasuwagadhi border point in Tibet, on the Nepal-Tibet border. This is where the flood entered Nepal.<\/span><\/p>\n The Gyirong port, located on the Tibet-China border, was also hit by the flash flood. Dozens of people present there were swept away.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The dam of the 216 MW capacity Upper Trishuli-1 hydroelectric project near the Nepal-Tibet border broke due to the strong flow of water.<\/p>\n After the dam broke, there was a rapid surge of water in the Trishuli basin.<\/p>\n Water entered Trishuli Bazaar with a strong current, washing everything away with it.<\/span><\/p>\n In Timure, Rasuwa, Nepal, goods vehicles, transport businessmen, and employees have been affected by the flood coming from the Tibetan region.<\/span><\/p>\n Floodwater from Rasuwa has reached Narayanghat in Chitwan; the water has even reached the statue of Lord Buddha here.<\/span><\/p>\n A young man trapped in the flood waved his t-shirt to signal, after which an army helicopter rescued him.<\/p>\n People’s household belongings were washed away in the strong current of the flood. Many people jumped into the river to retrieve them.<\/p>\n Damaged houses and vehicles buried in debris were seen after the water flow stopped in Rasuwa district.<\/span><\/p>\n The Disaster Management Department of the Government of Nepal conducted an aerial survey of the areas devastated by floods. Damage was visible in several areas during this survey.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On Wednesday, a sudden flood from Tibet caused massive devastation in Nepal’s Rasuwa district. From Timure to Trishuli Bazaar and Betrawati, floodwaters and debris destroyed houses, roads, and bridges, while a hydropower project was also washed away. In many areas, the scene of the flood was such that even the helipad was swept away, forcing…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":34767,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[31332,31337,31333,31335,31330,31331,31336,31334],"class_list":["post-34766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nation","tag-flash-floods-nepal","tag-flood-devastation","tag-hydropower-project-destroyed","tag-nepal-disaster","tag-nepal-floods","tag-rasuwa-district","tag-road-destruction","tag-tibet-flood-nepal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/petrolnews.in\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/petrolnews.in\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/petrolnews.in\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petrolnews.in\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petrolnews.in\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34766"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/petrolnews.in\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34766\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petrolnews.in\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/petrolnews.in\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petrolnews.in\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petrolnews.in\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"The](\"https:\/\/images.bhaskarassets.com\/web2images\/521\/2026\/08\/26\/dbgifmagic_1787741012858.gif\")
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