More than 100 foreign trekkers stranded by floods in Nepal’s Gorkha region

Rescue operation underway after flash floods swept away home, bridges and parts of the Manaslu trekking trail.

Locals stand over sludge along the banks of the Budhi Gandaki river on Monday, a day after a flash flood caused by a dry landslide, at Sallari Chumnubri in Nepal's Gorkha district [Sovit Shrestha/AFP]

More than 100 foreign trekkers have been stranded in central Nepal, according to a local official, a day after flash floods in the Gorkha district washed away bridges, hiking trails and hundreds of homes.

Bhuwan Raj Ojha, an official of the Manaslu Conservation Area Project, told the Reuters news agency on Monday that the trekkers were stranded in different areas of the popular Manaslu trekking trail because part of the route had been swept away.

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“Those hikers who want to return because of the flood need to be rescued. Those who ⁠want to continue their trekking can do so from locations that are safe,” he told Reuters from Gorkha.

“There are ⁠restaurants and tea houses along the route. They are ⁠safe”.

The flash floods hit on Sunday, when a predawn landslide blocked the Budhi Gandaki River in the Gorkha district, about 100km (62 miles) west of the Nepalese capital, Kathmandu.

Authorities ⁠rescued 321 people, including 12 foreigners, on Monday, and the army said the rescue operation would continue on Tuesday, even as the water level in the river receded.

The river is a tributary of the Trishuli River, downstream from another tributary where a ‌ glacier collapse caused a catastrophic flood in August that killed 1,457 people, with thousands still missing.

There were no reports of deaths in the latest flood, but five villagers were out of contact after black muddy sludge and debris washed away more than 200 homes and damaged infrastructure, including three hydroelectric plants, national disaster authorities said.

Md Shahadat Hossain, a Bangladeshi trekker stranded in Jagat village, told the Anadolu news agency that nine Bangladeshis were waiting for a possible evacuation by helicopter.

“We have been stranded in Jagat since yesterday. A flash flood came down from above the village and flowed through its lower part,” he said.

“We are safe, but there has been no electricity since yesterday, communication with the outside world has been disrupted, and food supplies are gradually running short,” he added.

Gorkha district authorities have asked villagers living along the riverbanks downstream to evacuate.

National disaster authorities had also alerted people living along the river in the Gorkha, Tanahun, Chitwan, East Nawalparasi and West Nawalparasi districts about the flood.

山洪暴发，房屋、桥梁和马纳斯鲁徒步路线部分路段被冲毁，救援行动正在进行中。

周一，尼泊尔廓尔喀县萨拉里丘姆努布里，当地居民站在布迪甘达基河岸边的淤泥上。此前一天，一场由干滑坡引发的突发洪水导致该地区发生洪水。[Sovit Shrestha/AFP]

据当地官员称，在廓尔喀地区发生山洪暴发，冲毁桥梁、徒步小径和数百所房屋的第二天，超过 100 名外国徒步旅行者被困在尼泊尔中部。

马纳斯鲁保护区项目官员布万·拉杰·奥贾周一告诉路透社，由于部分路线被冲毁，徒步旅行者被困在热门的马纳斯鲁徒步旅行路线的不同区域。

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“那些因洪水而想返回的徒步旅行者需要救援。那些想继续徒步旅行的人可以从安全的地方出发，”他从廓尔喀告诉路透社。

“沿途有餐馆和茶馆，都很安全。”

周日凌晨，尼泊尔首都加德满都以西约 100 公里（62 英里）的廓尔喀地区发生山体滑坡，阻塞了布迪甘达基河，引发了突发洪水。

周一，当局救出了 321 人，其中包括 12 名外国人。军方表示，即使河水水位下降，救援行动也将于周二继续进行。

这条河是特里苏里河的一条支流，位于另一条支流的下游。8 月份，冰川崩塌导致该支流发生灾难性洪水，造成 1457 人死亡，数千人至今下落不明。

国家灾害管理部门表示，最新一轮洪水没有造成人员死亡的报告，但黑色的泥浆和碎片冲走了 200 多所房屋，并损坏了包括三座水电站在内的基础设施，导致五名村民失联。

被困在贾加特村的孟加拉国徒步旅行者沙哈达特·侯赛因告诉阿纳多卢通讯社，有九名孟加拉国人正在等待可能乘坐直升机撤离。

“我们从昨天起就被困在贾加特村了。山洪从村子上游倾泻而下，淹没了村子下游，”他说。

“我们很安全，但从昨天开始就没有电力供应，与外界的通讯中断，食物供应也逐渐短缺，”他补充道。

廓尔喀地区当局已要求居住在下游河岸沿线的村民撤离。

国家灾害管理部门也已向居住在廓尔喀、塔纳胡恩、奇特旺、东纳瓦尔帕拉西和西纳瓦尔帕拉西等地区沿河居民发出洪水警报。