{"id":29562,"date":"2026-08-27T09:34:06","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T09:34:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travelarii.com\/blog\/?p=29562"},"modified":"2026-08-27T10:13:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T10:13:06","slug":"nepal-flash-flood-tragedy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travelarii.com\/blog\/travel-recommendations\/nepal-flash-flood-tragedy\/","title":{"rendered":"Nepal Flash Flood Devastation in 1 Minute Triggers High Alert in India"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"29562\" class=\"elementor elementor-29562\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d845bd6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d845bd6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c37962a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c37962a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.17.0 - 08-11-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the space of about a minute on Wednesday morning, a glacial collapse high above the Nepal-Tibet border triggered a catastrophic flash flood in Nepal, sending a wall of ice, rock, and debris crashing down into the Lende Khola tributary and feeding into the Bhote Koshi and Trishuli rivers below.\u00a0<\/span>\n\n<p style=\" margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What began as a routine monsoon morning in Nepal&#8217;s Rasuwa and Nuwakot districts turned into one of the most severe disasters the region has seen in decades, with almost no warning before the floodwaters hit.<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a03dfe8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a03dfe8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-296a30b elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"296a30b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 100%; margin: 0; padding: 0; box-sizing: border-box;\">\r\n  <div style=\"background: #FCFBF7; color: #0A1121; border-radius: 14px; padding: 28px 24px; width: 100%; max-width: 90%; margin: 0 auto; font-family: 'Roboto', -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; box-shadow: 0 4px 12px rgba(10, 17, 33, 0.15); box-sizing: border-box; transition: transform 0.3s ease, box-shadow 0.3s ease; border: 1px solid #D6C3A5;\"\r\n       onmouseover=\"this.style.transform='translateY(-5px)'; this.style.boxShadow='0 8px 20px rgba(10,17,33,0.2)';\"\r\n       onmouseout=\"this.style.transform='translateY(0px)'; this.style.boxShadow='0 4px 12px rgba(10,17,33,0.15)';\">\r\n    \r\n    <p style=\"font-size: 18px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0 0 10px 0; color: #0A1121; font-family: 'Roboto', -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', sans-serif;\">\r\n      Find the Right Vacation Rental\r\n    <\/p>\r\n    \r\n    <p style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5; color: #0A1121; margin: 0 0 20px 0; font-family: 'Roboto', -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', sans-serif;\">\r\n      Traveling with family, friends, or as a couple? 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Entire riverside settlements were swept away, along with critical infrastructure &#8211; bridges, roads, and at least six major hydropower and transmission facilities, including the Rasuwagadhi, Chilime, and Trishuli hydropower stations. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Communities in Syapru Besi, Timure, Betrawati, and Trishuli Bazaar bore the brunt of the impact, and the damage has continued to ripple downstream toward Dhading, Gorkha, and Chitwan in the hours since.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-00297ca e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"00297ca\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ba31f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"2ba31f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\r\n  .wc-header-table-wrapper {\r\n    width: 100%;\r\n    overflow-x: auto;\r\n    margin: 0;       \/* remove any extra margin *\/\r\n    padding: 0;      \/* remove any extra padding *\/\r\n  }\r\n\r\n  .wc-header-table {\r\n    width: 100%;\r\n    border-collapse: separate;\r\n    border-spacing: 0;\r\n    font-family: 'Roboto', sans-serif;\r\n    margin: 0 !important;       \/* remove table margin *\/\r\n    border-radius: 12px;\r\n    overflow: hidden;\r\n  }\r\n\r\n  .wc-header-title {\r\n    background: #0A1121;\r\n    color: #ffffff !important;\r\n    padding: 14px;\r\n    text-align: center !important;\r\n    font-weight: 700;\r\n  }\r\n\r\n  \/* Desktop *\/\r\n  @media (min-width: 768px) {\r\n    .wc-header-title {\r\n      font-size: 28px;\r\n    }\r\n  }\r\n\r\n  \/* Mobile *\/\r\n  @media (max-width: 767px) {\r\n    .wc-header-title {\r\n      font-size: 18px;\r\n    }\r\n  }\r\n<\/style>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wc-header-table-wrapper\">\r\n  <table class=\"wc-header-table\">\r\n    <tr>\r\n      <th class=\"wc-header-title\">\r\n        Worldwide Most Popular Travel Destinations\r\n      <\/th>\r\n    <\/tr>\r\n  <\/table>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d6db6e2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d6db6e2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b8c67a elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"3b8c67a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<!-- City Marquee Navigation --> <link href=\"https:\/\/fonts.googleapis.com\/css2?family=Roboto:wght@400;500;700&display=swap\" rel=\"stylesheet\"> <style> \/* 1. 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if (track) { track.style.animation = 'city-marquee-scroll 30s linear infinite'; } })(); <\/script> \r\n\r\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb62047 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"eb62047\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa3c09c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fa3c09c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.17.0 - 08-11-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What Caused the Nepal Flash Flood\n<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e3b34e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5e3b34e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-744d782 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"744d782\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nepal&#8217;s National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority says satellite imagery points to an ice and rock avalanche that dammed the Lhende Khola, a small tributary of the Bhote Koshi, before the blockage failed and released the flood downstream. <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nepal&#8217;s Foreign Ministry initially attributed the event to an earthquake, but seismic and satellite analysis later ruled that out in favor of the glacial collapse explanation. There was no heavy rainfall in the area beforehand, which is what distinguishes this flood from the monsoon-driven floods and landslides Nepal typically plans for each year.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is not the first time this stretch of river has flooded. In July 2025, a supraglacial lake burst roughly 35 kilometers upstream in Tibet, destroying the Nepal-China Friendship Bridge and killing nine people.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Reported figures differ across sources and are changing by the hour:<\/strong><\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nepal police have confirmed at least 160 to 175 deaths, according to CBS News and NBC News reporting on August 27.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nepal&#8217;s Tourism Board has put the number of people out of contact anywhere from roughly 384 to more than 1,300, depending on the source and time of reporting (CNN, ABC News, Outlook India).<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chinese state media reported at least 3 deaths and roughly 558 people missing after a related mudslide at the Gyirong border crossing in Tibet, including foreign nationals. Chinese and Nepali officials have not yet confirmed whether any of these figures overlap.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Among those unaccounted for on the Nepal side are dozens of security personnel, including members of the Nepal Army, Nepal Police, and Armed Police Force stationed in the region.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Because communication and power lines across the disaster zone remain down, these numbers should be treated as provisional. Readers who need the most current figures should check Nepal&#8217;s Tourism Board or a live wire-service tracker rather than relying on any single fixed number, including the ones above.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-22c8cb7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"22c8cb7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e6c84a6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e6c84a6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Tourist Casualty & Missing Details (According to Country)\n<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f41e5e8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f41e5e8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e20c4a8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e20c4a8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>India:<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> At least 133 missing foreign nationals were from India on pilgrimage to Mount Kailash in Tibet.<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/08\/26\/world\/live-news\/nepal-flash-flooding-floods-intl\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>United States:<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> At least 47 people from the US are among the missing.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>South Korea:<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Eight South Korean nationals working on a hydropower plant were reported missing.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>United Kingdom:<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 12 British nationals were among the missing.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Others reported missing include nationals from<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b> Australia, Malaysia, the Netherlands, Portugal, and South Africa.<\/b><\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Tibet side:<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> China reported three killed and &#8220;major casualties&#8221; in Tibet&#8217;s Gyirong county.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3568675 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3568675\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d62bcf6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d62bcf6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Tourist Impact & Kailash Mansarovar Pilgrims\n<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ccc4055 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ccc4055\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa1b6c9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"aa1b6c9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Foreign Travelers Trapped.<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> International tourists make up a striking share of those unaccounted for after the flash flood in Nepal. Nepal&#8217;s Tourism Board and embassy sources report that more than 470 foreign nationals, spanning roughly 28 countries, remain unaccounted for. The list includes tourists from the United States, Ukraine, Australia, the United Kingdom, Malaysia, Canada, South Africa, and the Netherlands, reflecting how popular this border corridor is with international trekkers and pilgrims, even outside peak trekking season.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Indian Pilgrims at Risk.<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> India has been hit hardest of any single nation, with more than 130 Indian nationals and NRIs reported unaccounted for, many of them pilgrims on the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra route near the Gyirong border crossing. One nonprofit organization alone, the Isha Foundation, reported 77 of its members unaccounted for from an immigration checkpoint, with around 50 believed to be pilgrims on the Yatra. The timing is significant &#8211; this pilgrimage season had only recently resumed after years of disruption from the pandemic and India-China tensions, drawing a larger-than-usual number of travelers through the corridor this year.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f59a40 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0f59a40\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c76085 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8c76085\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Downstream Threat & High Alert in India\n<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c42946c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c42946c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70557d4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"70557d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Border Warning Systems &#8211;<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The rivers behind the flash flood in Nepal don&#8217;t stop at the country&#8217;s borders &#8211; the Bhote Koshi and Trishuli feed into the Gandak River system, which flows directly into India. India&#8217;s Central Water Commission has warned that a flood wave of up to three metres could move downstream into the Gandak, turning a Nepal-based disaster into a cross-border monitoring effort almost overnight.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Indian State Mobilization &#8211; <\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bihar&#8217;s Disaster Management Department has placed 13 districts on high alert, including West and East Champaran, Gopalganj, Saran, Muzaffarpur, Sitamarhi, Sheohar, and Vaishali, with evacuation orders issued for low-lying areas along the river. Uttar Pradesh&#8217;s Chief Minister has separately directed officials in Maharajganj and Kushinagar to prepare for potential emergency response. Along with National Disaster Response Force units, Indian border security personnel are actively monitoring water levels as the situation develops.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76768be e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"76768be\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-92e2a16 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"92e2a16\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Travel Advisory & Emergency Contacts\n<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ab1444 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6ab1444\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bae76fb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bae76fb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Travel Warning<\/b><\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Halt all trekking, border-crossing trips, and travel toward Rasuwa, Nuwakot, and Dhading immediately<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rasuwa Gadhi border crossing and the Kailash Mansarovar pilgrimage route are effectively closed for now<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Travelers already in northern Nepal should follow local evacuation guidance rather than attempt to pass through affected areas<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kathmandu, Pokhara, and the main Everest and Annapurna trekking regions remain outside the disaster zone<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Expect some disruption to domestic transport as resources shift toward relief work<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Emergency Assistance Directory<\/b><\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nepal Tourism Board toll-free emergency number &#8211; <\/span><b>1234<\/b><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nepal Tourism Board hotline &#8211; <\/span><b>1144<\/b><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nepal Tourist Police &#8211; <\/span><b>9851289445<\/b><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Embassy of India, Kathmandu &#8211; <\/span><b>+977 985 131 6807<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \/ <\/span><b>+977 970 910 7500<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (also reachable via WhatsApp)<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">U.S. Embassy Kathmandu &#8211; <\/span><b>+977 (1) 423-4000<\/b><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Other nationalities &#8211; contact your nearest embassy or consulate in Kathmandu directly, and register with your government&#8217;s traveler safety program (e.g., U.S. STEP) if not already enrolled<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This remains a fast-moving situation. 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