Photo gallery: Flash flooding devastates Nepal and Tibet

A selection of images from Nepal-China border region after mud and rock collapsed into a river on August 26, triggering catastrophic flooding.August 28, 2026 — 9:19pm1/16A woman searches a list of survivors who are being treated at the TU Teaching Hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal.Credit:Kate Geraghty2/16A woman outside the TU Teaching Hospital in Kathmandu looks at posters of people reported missing after the Nepal flood disaster.Credit:Kate Geraghty3/16Lakshin Tamang (left) and Rashmi Tamang look at a photo of their relative Sidar Tamang, who is recovering in TU Teaching Hospital in Kathmandu after surviving the Nepal flood disaster. They are still waiting for news of Sidar Tamang’s 12-year-old old son, who is still missing.Credit:Kate Geraghty4/16Family members look at a list of missing flood victims at Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal on Friday.Credit:Getty Images5/16Rescuers use an excavator to help move a flood survivor to safety in Devghat, in the Nepal’s Nuwakot district, on August 26.Credit:AFP6/16Locals in Devighat, Nepal view the Trishuli river from a hilltop after police warned of another possible surge.Credit:Getty Images7/16Residents salvage belongings from their destroyed home following flash floods in Devighat, Nepal.Credit:Getty Images8/16A resident carries belongings across a road covered in mud in Trishuli, Nepal.Credit:Getty Images9/16The aftermath of flash floods in Devighat in the Nuwakot district of Nepal.Credit:AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha10/16An aerial view shows buildings and infrastructure damaged along the swollen Trishuli River following a massive flash flood triggered by an avalanche of ice and rock in the upper Lhende River on the Tibetan side of the border with Nepal.Credit:Getty Images11/16Sirjana Bartaula attends an August 27 candlelight vigil in Rockdale, Sydney for the victims of the floods.Credit:Janie Barrett12/16A resident after the flash floods hit Devighat in Nepal.Credit:AFP13/16Hundreds of people have been reported missing in the Devighat area of Nepal. Credit:Getty Images14/16Rescued children disembark from a helicopter at an army camp in Battar Bazar in Nepal’s Nuwakot district on August 28.Credit:AFP15/16Scenes of devastation in Trishuli, Nepal on August 27 – the day after flood waters swept through the valley.Credit:Getty Images16/16A child is treated at a field hospital inside a military camp following flash floods in Trishuli, Nepal.Credit:Getty Images