Photos: The Aftermath of Nepal’s Flash Floods

Jiang Fan / Xinhua / Getty This photo shows search-and-rescue operations under way at the mudslide-hit area in Gyirong County, China’s Xizang Autonomous Region, on August 29, 2026.

Rajesh Kumar Singh / AP A drone view shows rescue workers inspecting damaged structures following flash flooding along the Trishuli River in the Devighat area of Nuwakot district, Nepal, on August 29, 2026.

Niranjan Shrestha / AP A student searches for her schoolbag in a pile of backpacks extracted from the mud in the Shree Bagheswori Madhyamik School in Galchhi, Dhading district, Nepal, on August 30, 2026.

Rajesh Kumar Singh / AP A drone view of a bridge damaged by the flooding in the Tadi River in the Devighat area of Nuwakot district, Nepal, on August 29, 2026 Dar Yasin / AP People look at photographs of unidentified flood victims displayed outside a government hospital to help relatives identify their loved ones in Kathmandu, Nepal, on August 28, 2026.

Arun Sankar / AFP / Getty Police personnel rescue stranded residents from a house buried in sludge after flash flooding along the Trishuli River in Nepal, on August 27, 2026.

Rajesh Kumar Singh / AP Damaged homes filled with mud and debris are seen in Devighat, Nepal, on August 29, 2026.

Daniel Ceng / Anadolu / Getty A rescue helicopter takes off for an evacuation operation in Nuwakot, Nepal, on August 29, 2026.

Prabin Ranabhat / AFP / Getty Rescued residents react as they meet family members at an army camp after the flooding, in Battar Bazar, Nepal, on August 28, 2026.

Sameer Shrestha / Anadolu / Getty An aerial view of the extensive destruction and debris deposits along the Trishuli River, following a catastrophic outburst flood in Bidur, Nepal, on August 28, 2026 Daniel Ceng / Anadolu / Getty Rescuers transfer belongings and debris from a house damaged by the flash flood, as search-and-rescue efforts continue in a town along the Trishuli River, in Nepal, on August 31, 2026.

Sameer Shrestha / Anadolu / Getty An aerial view of damaged and mud-covered solar panels along the Trishuli River in Bidur, Nepal, on August 28, 2026 Niranjan Shrestha / AP A partially buried truck on the bank of the Trishuli River in Nepal’s Dhading district on August 30, 2026 Rajesh Kumar Singh / AP Rescue workers inspect damaged structures along the Trishuli River in Nepal’s Nuwakot district on August 29, 2026.

Manan Vatsyayana / AFP / Getty Splashed mud dries on the door of a house in Nepal’s Nuwakot district on August 29, 2026.

Manan Vatsyayana / AFP / Getty A man climbs out of a window after searching for his belongings inside his house in Nuwakot district on August 29, 2026.

Manan Vatsyayana / AFP / Getty A room is seen heavily covered in mud inside a flood-damaged house in Nepal’s Nuwakot district on August 29, 2026.