Footage shows terrifying flash flood crashing through Nepal towns and villages

Brooke Davies | Senior News reporter Published August 26, 2026 12:09pm Updated August 26, 2026 2:11pm To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Hundreds of people are missing including 12 British tourists after flash flooding in Nepal has caused damage ‘beyond imagination’. At least 31 people have been killed in the flood along the Bhote Koshi river near the border with Tibet. Some 291 foreign nationals are missing, including 12 Brits, along with 93 people from Nepal. Localauthorities told the BBC the scale of damage is ‘beyond imagination’ as videos show people running for their lives as the rushing waters submerge eight-storey buildings and collapse roads. The flood hit early on Wednesday in Rasuwa, which is north of Ka