{
 "schema": "official-event-record-v1",
 "source": {
  "title": "Rasuwa Flood Situation Report #01",
  "author": "Government of Nepal, National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA)",
  "as_of_local": "2026-09-01T09:00:00+05:45",
  "url": "https://ndrrma.gov.np/mediafiles/rasuwa/Rasuwa_Flood_SitRep_Temp_ENG_01_01092026.pdf",
  "retrieved_utc": "2026-09-08T06:57:00Z",
  "note": "Every figure here is quoted from this one report at this one timestamp. Numbers circulating elsewhere for this event disagree with each other by an order of magnitude; this page quotes NDRRMA or nothing."
 },
 "mechanism": {
  "type": "ice-rock avalanche",
  "not": "glacial lake outburst flood",
  "detached_area_km2_estimate": 1.0,
  "detachment_setting": "north-facing slope near the Lhende river, rock-glacier material",
  "distance_upstream_of_rasuwagadhi_km": 20,
  "process": "the detached ice and rock entrained loose proglacial sediment and transformed into a highly mobile sediment- and water-laden debris flow, temporarily damming the river before releasing",
  "unosat_mapped_detachment_km2": 1.955
 },
 "timeline_local_npt": [
  {
   "time": "08:40",
   "event": "Ice-rock avalanche in the upper watershed near the Nepal-China border reaches Lhende Khola",
   "kind": "onset"
  },
  {
   "time": "08:50",
   "event": "Bhote Koshi-Syafrubesi hydrological station stops transmitting; last water level 1.62 m",
   "kind": "gauge_lost"
  },
  {
   "time": "09:15",
   "event": "DHM confirms a major flood wave and issues downstream warnings for the Trishuli corridor",
   "kind": "warning"
  },
  {
   "time": "10:28",
   "event": "Flood wave reaches Galchhi",
   "kind": "arrival",
   "place": "Galchhi"
  },
  {
   "time": "11:50",
   "event": "Flood wave reaches Malekhu",
   "kind": "arrival",
   "place": "Malekhu"
  },
  {
   "time": "13:00",
   "event": "Flood wave reaches Mugling",
   "kind": "arrival",
   "place": "Mugling"
  },
  {
   "time": "15:20",
   "event": "Flood wave reaches Devghat",
   "kind": "arrival",
   "place": "Devghat"
  },
  {
   "time": "16:00",
   "event": "Peak discharge at Devghat, approximately 5,850 m³/s",
   "kind": "peak"
  }
 ],
 "hydrology": {
  "peak_discharge_m3s": 5850,
  "peak_at": "Devghat",
  "peak_time_local": "16:00",
  "total_flood_volume_Mm3": 57.4,
  "excess_above_base_flow_Mm3": 19.96,
  "warning_sms_sent": 679295,
  "warning_carriers": [
   "Nepal Telecom",
   "Ncell"
  ]
 },
 "impact": {
  "deceased_bodies_and_parts_recovered": 987,
  "missing_reported": 3916,
  "missing_reported_across_districts": 62,
  "rescued": 11814,
  "foreign_nationals_rescued": 253,
  "people_impacted_estimate": 1600000,
  "motorable_bridges_washed_away": 41,
  "motorable_bridges_damaged": 4,
  "districts_severely_affected": [
   "Rasuwa",
   "Nuwakot"
  ],
  "districts_moderately_affected": [
   "Dhading",
   "Gorkha",
   "Chitwan"
  ]
 },
 "claim_boundary": "This block is a quotation of an official report, not a product of this project's model. Nothing on this site measures casualties, damage or discharge."
}