By SOPHIA STANFORD, NEWS REPORTER and PERKIN AMALARAJ, FOREIGN NEWS REPORTER
Published: 17:00 BST, 26 August 2026 | Updated: 23:50 BST, 26 August 2026
This is the harrowing moment a huge torrent of floodwater devastates a village in Nepal.
As the wall of water and mud bulldozes its way through buildings, people are seen desperately running for their lives through fields along the Nepal-Tibet border.
The Bhote Koshi River was suddenly overwhelmed with water this morning in flash floods that left a 30-mile long trail of devastation and claimed the lives of dozens.
At least 95 people have been confirmed dead in Nepal following the natural disaster, and more than 90 Nepali citizens and 300 tourists, including 33 Britons and 47 Americans, are missing in the region.
In the terrifying video, the first wave erupts up across the bank of the river and within seconds engulfs the trees and homes built not far from the bank.
As the unstoppable water careens down a bend, huge clouds of mist and spray from the impact overwhelm the humble settlement.
A main road running through the small town is soon covered and the ominous sludge of the floodwater rapidly creeps across the field on the other side, where dozens of people are trying to flee.
It is just one such example of total annihilation being experienced across the region, with fears that more bodies will be found as search and rescue operations get underway.
A wave erupts up across the bank of the Bhote Koshi River this morning in flash floods that have already claimed the lives of dozens
Entire buildings become submerged by huge waves of floodwater and mud, decimating the settlement
As the wall of water and mud bulldozes its way through buildings, people are seen desperately running for their lives through fields along the Nepal-Tibet border
Officials in China-controlled Tibet said they feared 'major casualties' with some missing in the county of Gyirong after a mudslide hit a land crossing between the neighbours this morning.
In Tibet, one clip showed the Gyirong Port land crossing being ripped apart by the flood and dragged downstream.
