When the Mountain Broke: Inside Nepal’s Deadliest Himalayan Flood

The disaster exposed the extreme fragility of high-altitude Himalayan ecosystems under a shifting climate.   By Madhab Pant   At roughly 8:30 AM on 26 August 2026, a wall of water, mud, ice, and massive boulders roared down the Lhende Khola into the Bhotekoshi and Trishuli river systems. The surge struck without local rainfall or […]