{"id":2557,"date":"2026-10-12T14:04:05","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T09:04:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=2557"},"modified":"2026-10-12T14:04:05","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T09:04:05","slug":"more-than-100-foreign-trekkers-stranded-in-flood-hit-region-of-nepal-official-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=2557","title":{"rendered":"More than 100 foreign trekkers stranded in flood-hit region of Nepal, official says"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>More than 100 foreign trekkers are stranded at different locations after the flooding of a river in central Nepal at the weekend \u200bswept away hiking trails and bridges, an official said on Monday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Authorities \u200crescued 96 people, including nine foreigners, after a landslide on Sunday in Gorkha district, about 100 km west of Kathmandu, blocked the Budhi Gandaki River, leading to downstream flooding.<\/p>\n<p>The \u200briver is a tributary of the Trishuli River, downstream from another tributary \u200bwhere a glacier collapse caused a catastrophic flood in August that \u2060killed 1,457 people, with thousands still missing.<\/p>\n<p>The army said the latest rescue \u200boperation was continuing on Monday even as the flood has receded.<\/p>\n<p>There were no reports \u200bof fatalities, but five villagers are out of contact after the flooded river, carrying black muddy sludge and debris, washed away homes and damaged infrastructure, including three hydroelectric plants, national disaster \u200bauthorities said.<\/p>\n<p>Bhuwan Raj Ojha, an official of the Manaslu Conservation Area Project (MACP) that \u200bincludes a popular trekking route, said there were more than 100 foreign trekkers stranded in \u200cdifferent \u2060areas who could not return because part of the trail had been swept away.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose hikers who want to return because of the flood need to be rescued. Those who want to continue their trekking can do so from safe locations,\u201d Ojha told \u200bReuters from Gorkha.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere \u2060are restaurants and tea houses along the route. They are safe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development said the latest \u200bflood may have been triggered by the failure of a \u200btemporary river \u2060blockage created by a landslide, according to preliminary accounts from Nepal\u2019s authorities reviewed by ICIMOD.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis event is another reminder of how exposed mountain communities and river corridors remain \u2060to \u200bsudden, cascading hazards,\u201d Pema Gyamtsho, director general of \u200bICIMOD, said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile response efforts must remain the immediate priority, understanding what triggered this flood will be critical \u200bfor reducing future risks and strengthening resilience.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than 100 foreign trekkers are stranded at different locations after the flooding of a river in central Nepal at the weekend \u200bswept away hiking trails and bridges, an official said on Monday. Authorities \u200crescued 96 people, including nine foreigners, after a landslide on Sunday in Gorkha district, about 100 km west of Kathmandu, blocked the Budhi Gandaki River, leading to downstream flooding. The \u200briver is a tributary of the Trishuli River, downstream from another tributary \u200bwhere a glacier collapse caused a catastrophic flood in August that \u2060killed 1,457 people,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2557"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2557\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}