Flash flood devastation in Bhotekoshi [Live Update]

(12:02 PM)

Flooding in Rasuwa from Himtal explosion

The Department of Water and Meteorology has made a preliminary conclusion that the Lhende River on the Nepal-China border in Rasuwa was flooded by the Himtal explosion last Tuesday morning. According to the study conducted by the department through the 'Sentinel' satellite, the flood was created due to the bursting of the ice lake. Vinod Parajuli, flood expert of the department, informed that the flood was caused by the bursting of the 'supraglacial' lake. About 36 km above the Nepal-China border at Rasuwagadhi (Latitude: 28.4043, Longitude: 85.6469, about 5150 meters above sea level) lies in the upper catchment area of Lhende River. It seems that the supraglacial lake (Himtal) developed in the middle of the glacier is spread over an area of about 0.75 square kilometers,' he said, 'The area of the said Himal lake is only about 0.60 square kilometers. It has been shown that the area of the lake has changed before and after the flood. The study showed that water was drained from the lake during that period and its effect was seen in the area below the lake. According to Parajuli, it is expected to receive more on-site reports from friendly country China in this regard. Also, in the coming days, other images that can be obtained through satellites will be able to give more confirmation. He said that the Department of Water and Meteorology will continue its studies. "There is a significant difference between the pre-flood and post-flood conditions and especially the area of the lake has decreased significantly, according to which it appears that water has been drained from the snow lake," he said. Scientists of the International Integrated Mountain Development Center (ISIMOD) have confirmed that the supraglacial lake formed in the Lhende River on the China-Nepal border has burst and flooded Bhotekoshi in Rasuwa.

(11:00 AM)

Risky travel to Lingling Bhir after the road was washed away

On-site reporting by Bimal Khatiwada and Angal DhakalDue to the flood that occurred in Bhotekoshi on Tuesday, the Syafruwensi-Rasuwagadhi road section of Rasuwa has become damaged. Due to the floods, the entire road in Lingling Bhir has been washed away, so there is no way for pedestrians to walk. Here travelers are taking risks. Since there was no way to walk due to the washed away road, the Nepali Army and Nepal Police made a way to cross by hanging a rope. But it is no less risky. Now, with the help of the police, people are crossing the ropes at their own risk. In two places of this road section, the flood has washed away the entire road. Elsewhere, landslides have destroyed roads in places. Electricity poles around the road have fallen and some are broken.

(10:46 AM)

Essential services stopped in Timure-Rasuwagadhi area, without communication for three days

Due to the floods in Bhotekoshi on Tuesday, the life of people in the northern area of Rasuwa has been affected. Due to the flood, Syafrubensi-Rasuwagadhi road has been completely blocked and essential services including electricity, internet and telephone have also stopped. The road has been damaged in Syafrubensi-Rasuwagadhi section. The road from Syafrabensi to Rasuwagadhi is blocked. People are trekking from here for about four and a half hours. After the flood, the traders here have reached by helicopter, while some of them are walking for hours. Nasu Chandiraj Gelal of the Customs Office said that the flood has caused major damage to the main dam of the Rasuwagadhi Hydropower Project and it is estimated that 30-40 cargo vehicles parked at the Rasuwagadhi customs yard and undergoing customs clearance were washed away. He said that more than 100 other electric vehicles parked here were also swept away. The residential area of the Rasuwagadhi hydropower project has also been swept away and 8 Hilux vehicles parked here have also been swept away by the landslide. Although the flood has caused great damage and disruption of essential services, no initiative has been taken by the government. There has been no effort to collect details of damage and maintenance and service operation. Kamichhiring Tamang, Ward President of Gosainkunda Rural Municipality-2, said that the flood has disrupted life here. 'Tuesday morning at 3:30 a.m. there was a sudden flood. We have been engaged in rescue since then,' he said, 'Nepal Army, Nepal Police and Armed Police are present here. But the initiative that the government should have taken during the disaster did not happen.'

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(08:16 AM)

Cause of Rasuwa flash floods not identified, satellite survey hampered by weather

The devastation caused by the flood that occurred on Tuesday in the Lhende River in Tibet after it merged with the Bhotekoshi River has caused a great loss of human wealth. But the cause of the flood has not been ascertained. The Department of Water and Meteorology has said that it was not possible to analyze with the help of satellites due to the presence of clouds in the high Himalayan region of China and Nepal border. Even though there was no heavy rain, the department tried to find the cause of the flood in the Lhende river on the Nepal-China border in Rasuwa. During the 24-hour period from Monday to Tuesday, the Kanjing Meteorological Center in Rasuwa and the Dhunche Meteorological Center in Rasuwa, which are close to the Nepal-China border, have measured only sporadic rainfall. "Heavy rains did not cause the flood, but we are studying the cause," says Vinod Parajuli, a flood expert of the department. The International Center for Integrated Mountain Development (ISIMOD) also said the clouds hampered satellite analysis. Isimode also reported that there was no rain due to flash floods in the Lhende River.

(07:33 PM)

How many cars were swept away in the Bhotekoshi flood?

Even after 36 hours, the details of how many trucks, containers and electric vehicles in the dry port were washed away in the Bhotekoshi flood have not been made public.The district administration has said that none of the officials of the customs and Nepal Truck Container Transport Service have the exact details of the lost and buried vehicles. Chief District Officer of Rasuwa, Arjun Paudel, said that 15 to 20 vehicles were found buried in the customs yard, but the exact details of the lost vehicles could not be collected.Arjun Sapkota, president of Nepal Truck Container Transport Service, said that although they have collected information about 55 trucks and containers including one vehicle containing rags, shoes and bag-making cloth, the number could be more.

(05:50 PM)

The cause of the Bhotekoshi flood is not yet known

There is a problem in finding the cause of Bhotekosi flood. The Department of Law and Meteorology said that the cause of the flood could not be detected as it was not clear when trying to take pictures with the help of satellites due to clouds.According to the department, although there is no heavy rain in the territory of Nepal and China, there has been a flood in the Lhende river at the Nepal-China border in Rasuwa. The department has said that during the 24-hour period from Monday to Tuesday, only scattered rains were measured at Canjing Meteorological Center in Rasuwa and Dhunche Meteorological Center in Rasuwa, which are close to the Nepal-China border. The International Center for Integrated Mountain Development (ISIMOD) has also said that satellite analysis has been disrupted due to clouds.

(02:54 PM)

Many of the 22 trucks and containers swept away by the Bhotekoshi flood contained rags and shoes

Most of the trucks and containers washed away in the Bhotekoshi flood have been found to contain clothes and food items. Arjun Sapkota, president of Nepal Truck Container Transport Service, said that among the 22 trucks and containers swept away by the flood, many of them contained rags and shoes, and one vehicle contained cloth for making bags.He said that they have received information that 15 to 16 trucks and containers have sunk in the frozen water due to the damming of the river in the Chinese land. He said, 'One of them has rags and all the others have apples and garlic.' Truck and container businessmen tried to go to the scene with a helicopter, but there was no help from the Ministry of Home Affairs, he said, adding that he could not get the exact details of the damage from the government side and traders. He said that there was a problem in collecting the details of whose car had been swept away.

(02:32 PM)

15-20 vehicles found buried at Rasuwagadhi customs port

Although it is not confirmed how many vehicles have been swept away by the Bhotekoshi flood, 15 to 20 vehicles have been found buried in the dry port of Rasuwagadhi Customs. Chief District Officer of Suva, Arjun Paudel, said that some vehicles were found completely buried and some were only half buried. He said that we have declared the area as a red area. According to Prazia Paudel, efforts are being made to move the belongings inside to a safe place by contacting the owners of the buried vehicles.

(01:22 PM)

24 flights to rescue 136 stranded in Bhotekoshi flood

136 native and foreign citizens trapped in Bhotekoshi flood have been rescued by 24 flights and taken to Kathmandu. Chief District Officer of Rasuwa, Arjun Paudel, said that 127 foreigners were among those rescued. He said that the rescue operation is still going on this morning. According to Pragya officials, 150 local and foreign citizens who were stuck after the flood were escorted by the security personnel and brought to a safe place.

(11:46 AM)

Search for missing people in Rasuwa flood continues

The Nepal Police said that the search for 19 people who went missing after Tuesday's flood in Rasuwa is continuing since this morning. The spokesperson of Bagmati Province Police Office and Senior Superintendent of Police Sanjay Singh Thapa informed that after the body of the person who was washed away from Suwa was found in Chitwan, the search is going on up to Trishuli River and Narayani River and in various districts. He mentioned that a police team has been mobilized to search the riverside areas up to Rasuwa, Nuwakot, Dhading, Chitwan and Nawalparasi. According to him, the body of police officer Asai Lal Bahadur Shrestha, who went missing in the flood from Rasuwa, was found in Chitwan on Tuesday evening.Spokesman Thapa said that the search is on for the suspicion that the bodies were washed away by the flood and that the work of identification of those who died due to the flood has also been carried out. According to him, so far only five of the nine people who died in the flood have been identified.

(10:16 PM)

Bhotekoshi may have been flooded due to the bursting of a glacial lake: Isimod

The International Center for Integrated Mountain Development (ISIMOD) has suspected that the Bhotekoshi River in Rasuwa may have flooded due to the bursting of a glacier rather than due to rain.In a press release issued today, Isimod said that Himtal may have broken. This afternoon, the Department of Water and Meteorology also said that since there is no heavy rain in the areas around Nepal and China, it is estimated that the flood may have occurred due to the bursting of the snow lake. It will take time to identify the specific cause of Monday's flood in Rasuwa, but according to the preliminary investigation, the flood was not caused by excessive rain. Only after the seasonal cloud cover is removed, a detailed investigation can be done through further study through satellite images', the statement said, 'There is a need for a multi-sectoral team including geologists, glaciologists, and climatologists to investigate the real cause of the flood.'

(10:00 PM)

Instructions for effective search and rescue of missing persons in Rasuwagadhi flood

The meeting of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council has instructed the relevant agencies to make search and rescue operations effective for those who disappeared in Rasuwagadhi flood, Gosaikunda Rural Municipality-2, Rasuwa.The meeting held in Baluwatar on Tuesday under the chairmanship of the Prime Minister and Council Chairman KP Sharma Oli, took information about the possible cause of the flood and the details of the damage received so far, and expressed his condolences to the deceased and the families of the accident. The meeting has decided to coordinate with the friendly nation China through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to rebuild the bridge and the road to China and start the Kerung border crossing, as the Bhotekoshi bridge at Rasuwagadhi, which connects Nepal and China, has blocked traffic.

(09:23 PM)

A study has been started to find out the possible cause of the flood

The Flood Forecasting Division of the Department of Water and Meteorology has said that a study has been started to find out the cause of the flood that occurred in Rasuwa (Bhotekoshi) on Tuesday.Flood Forecast Division Chief Vinod Parajuli mentioned that there are many snow lakes in the Tibetan area of Bhotekoshi watershed and informed that the process of studying the satellite images has been started to find out the possible cause of the flood that occurred on Tuesday and to find out how it has affected the river bank.He has claimed that based on the details given by Jal and Meteorological Centers and preliminary observations, it does not appear that the flood of Bhotekoshi was caused by heavy rain.

(08:10 PM)

5 people from Bardia missing in Bhotekoshi flood

5 people from Bardia have gone missing in Bhotekoshi flood. They went for work and disappeared when they were swept away by the flood. Chief District Officer Surendra Paudel said that the three persons are 36-year-old Zipan Chaudhary of Barbardia municipality-10 Gumsta, 32-year-old Santosh Dahit of the same municipality-10 Fenapati and 25-year-old Buddhiram Chaudhary of the same place. Similarly, Prazia Paudel said that 29-year-old Laxminarayan Tharu of Badhaiyatal rural municipality-6 and 30-year-old Suresh Tharu of Barbardia-9 are missing. Ward chairman of Barbardia-10. Ran Bahadur Chowdhury said that all three people from this ward went to work at Hydropower.

(07:34 PM)

The body of Asai, who went missing in the Bhotekoshi flood, was found in the Trishuli river near 15 km from Chitwan

The body of Nepal Police Assistant Inspector (Asai) Lal Bahadur Shrestha, who went missing in the Bhotekoshi flood, has been found on the bank of the Trishuli River near Chitwan's 15 Kilo. Asai Shrestha, who was posted as a security guard near the Nepal-China Miteri Bridge in Rasuwa, went missing after being swept away by the flood. Along with him, 2 other policemen are still missing.

(07:22 PM)

Prime Minister Oli inspected the flood affected areas of Rasuwa and Nuwakot

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has returned after inspecting the loss of property caused by the flood in the Bhotekoshi river in Rasuwa. Prime Minister Oli also discussed the damage, rescue and relief caused by the flood with the local administration, public representatives and local residents. Prime Minister Oli expressed concern and concern about the situation of the missing persons from the damaged area, the damaged dry port of Rasuwagadhi Customs on the Nepal-China border, and the details of the damage caused by the washed away cargo containers. So far, 20 people have gone missing from the disaster. Among them, there are three people from Nepal Police, six who work in dry port, five bus drivers and six Chinese nationals.

(06:54 PM)

The number of missing reached 20

More details of the damage caused when the Rasuwagadhi customs dry port was swept away due to Monday night's flood have been made public. According to Rasuwa Assistant Chief District Officer Dhruv Prasad Adhikari, 23 cargo containers, six cargo trucks and 35 new electric vehicles including 64 were washed away due to flood. Similarly, there are 20 missing people so far. Among them, there are three from Nepal Police, six who work in dry port, five drivers and six Chinese nationals, informed the Assistant Chief District Officer. The production of 111 megawatt Rasuwagadhi hydropower plant has been completely stopped due to the dam site being washed away due to floods.

(05:09 PM)

35 drivers, co-drivers survive by sitting on roof of container: Tibetan official

Tibetan authorities have informed that 35 drivers and co-drivers managed to survive by sitting on the roof of the container. They have been kept in a safe place by the security personnel of Tibet. Navraj Timilsin, the former general secretary of the Nepal Himalayan Cross Border Commerce Association and who has been doing business from the same area, informed that they talked to their relatives and friends in Nepal on Tuesday afternoon and said that they are safe.It is said that an estimated 121 electric vehicles were washed away in the flood. It is estimated that more than 30 cargo containers were swept away by the flood. Apart from those that were washed away, 13 containers were sunk and trapped in the Chinese side. Containers carrying apples and prepared dressings and LP trucks contained hydropower equipment.Timilsin said that the Tibetan authorities informed that 35 drivers and co-drivers of that container managed to survive by sitting on the roof of the container.

(04:44 PM)

The Chinese Embassy said: 6 of the 18 people missing in the flood are Chinese citizens

According to the Chinese Embassy in Nepal, 6 of the 18 people who went missing in the Bhotekoshi flood are Chinese citizens. Chinese news agency Xinhua has mentioned that the search and rescue of the missing persons in the Rasuwagadhi border crossing area has been expanded and the embassy has sent rescuers to the disaster area.

(04:23 PM)

Bhotekoshi Flood: Thirty containers carrying goods are submerged in water

According to the armed police, more than 100 vehicles were swept away by the disaster that started on Tuesday morning when the flood from Tibet mixed with the Bhotekoshi river. According to the armed police, it is not clear how many of the vehicles that were swept away were electric vehicles (EVs) and how many were containers. Buddharaj Basnet, the president of Sindhupalchok trade association, who was doing business by bringing goods from Tibet, said that many businessmen who were doing business by bringing goods from China were affected by the flood. He claimed that more than 100 EV vehicles were sold by locals and traders. He said that some container businessmen have reported their containers to the Chamber of Commerce and Industry and said that according to the information received so far, it can be estimated that more than 30 containers have been spilled. Basnet said that 30 containers carrying goods from Tibet but not cleared by customs were found submerged towards China. He said, 'According to the information we have received, 10 of them have apples and the rest have ready-made clothes.'

(03:31 PM)

About 100 vehicles were washed away in the Bhotekoshi flood

The flood in the Bhotekoshi river has swept away around one hundred vehicles at the Rasuwagadhi crossing. In which there are some EV vehicles and most of them are containers. Those containers are going to China to get goods and have returned with some goods.