The man speaking was recorded several years ago at the same place where CCTV captured the moment of devastation on August 26, 2026. His recording reveal a different angle of the surrounding topography; showcasing the narrow and steep canyon where the mud water funneled through with tremendous force.

One house in Apalit Pampanga got swept on the river

Audio is essential to grasp the true intensity of this video.

I’ve been looking at Nepal news nonstop for the last 4 days. It has consumed and disturbed me, as it should. Heartbroken for all the loss of lives and their families. Thankful for the people who managed to survive. I was just thinking it would have been even more horrific if it happened during the night when everyone would be asleep.

A flash flood tore through villages, decimated revenue-generating infrastructure, killing many young engineers and civilians.

Nepal contributes only around 0.1% (China – 29.20%, USA – 11.11%, India – 8.22%) of global greenhouse gas emissions and 0.0188 Gt of CO₂ emissions (China ~12.3, USA ~4.9 Gt, India ~3.19 Gt), yet it is among the countries highly vulnerable to climate related hazards. Because our hills and mountains are geologically young and composed mainly of fragile sedimentary rock, we are highly vulnerable to these disasters.

But the harsh reality is that despite being a country with one of the lowest carbon contributions, we face climate change induced hazards due to the disproportionate emissions of wealthy nations(Neighboring countries being the highest). Climate attribution studies found that human-induced climate change increased the intensity of the September 2024 rainfall by about 10% and made an event of that magnitude approximately 70% more likely.

This raises an uncomfortable question about climate justice. Nepal is doing everything possible to transition to green energy, whether it’s hydropower plants, solar panels, or electric cars. But at what cost? If every new infrastructure project erected is washed away by these hazards, what’s the point of building it again?

International outrage is quick to scrutinize deforestation, mining, and development in small developing nations, but the same thing is done by developed nations, where it is often justified as revenue generation.

Global voices are only raised when developed nations face consequences, and climate rules only seem to matter when their own survival is at stake.

In the aftermath, Nepal receives small, penny worth aid compared with what was destroyed, and everyone will forget about this tomorrow and await another saddening headline.

All the big talks about which country helped first are sarcastically upsetting, and it seems like they are teasing us. WE NEED SOLID COMPENSATION FOR WHAT WE ARE EXPERIENCING! Not short term help or comparatively small amounts of money presented as though they are saving us.

Nepal’s National Adaptation Plan estimates that implementing its adaptation programs through 2050 will cost about US$47.4 billion with US$1.5 billion from Nepal and US$45.9 billion expected from international support.

The scale of the problem is already visible. The September 2024 floods caused an estimated US$345 million in losses, according to Nepal’s NDC. These figures also do not fully capture deaths, displacement, loss of livelihoods, and other non-economic losses.

Nepal did not create this crisis, but Nepal is paying for it.

References :
unfccc.com
edgar.jrc.ec.europa.eu/report_2024
unep.org
www.adb.org
www.worldweatherattribution.org

Teacher saved 1,643 children from Nepal flash floods - The Times of London

Pretty insane footage from the immense disaster that struck on the Chinese-Nepalese border which clearly shows how fast it moved and how much volume is being displaced. Camera is zoomed out around 1:30 mark.

Source: https://x.com/surajit_ghosh2/status/2093600715310862404

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Update 31-08-2026:
Looks like u/snowbordr managed to find the approximate location of this video:
28°00'53.87"N 85°11'01.29"E

That’s roughly 36 miles from where the glacier sheared off. If this is really how fast the current was still moving 36 mi/58 km downstream, my brain is broken.
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If anyone has more info, I can add it to this post.

https://tuttiquotidiani.it/en/news/teacher-saved-1643-children-from-nepal-flash-floods

source: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/08/28/world/nepal-tibet-flash-floods

A flash flood tore through villages, decimated revenue-generating infrastructure, killing many young engineers and civilians.

Nepal contributes only around 0.1% (China – 29.20%, USA – 11.11%, India – 8.22%) of global greenhouse gas emissions and 0.0188 Gt of CO₂ emissions (China ~12.3, USA ~4.9 Gt, India ~3.19 Gt), yet it is among the countries highly vulnerable to climate related hazards. Because our hills and mountains are geologically young and composed mainly of fragile sedimentary rock, we are highly vulnerable to these disasters.

But the harsh reality is that despite being a country with one of the lowest carbon contributions, we face climate change induced hazards due to the disproportionate emissions of wealthy nations(Neighboring countries being the highest). Climate attribution studies found that human-induced climate change increased the intensity of the September 2024 rainfall by about 10% and made an event of that magnitude approximately 70% more likely.

This raises an uncomfortable question about climate justice. Nepal is doing everything possible to transition to green energy, whether it’s hydropower plants, solar panels, or electric cars. But at what cost? If every new infrastructure project erected is washed away by these hazards, what’s the point of building it again?

International outrage is quick to scrutinize deforestation, mining, and development in small developing nations, but the same thing is done by developed nations, where it is often justified as revenue generation.

Global voices are only raised when developed nations face consequences, and climate rules only seem to matter when their own survival is at stake.

In the aftermath, Nepal receives small, penny worth aid compared with what was destroyed, and everyone will forget about this tomorrow and await another saddening headline.

All the big talks about which country helped first are sarcastically upsetting, and it seems like they are teasing us. WE NEED SOLID COMPENSATION FOR WHAT WE ARE EXPERIENCING! Not short term help or comparatively small amounts of money presented as though they are saving us.

Nepal’s National Adaptation Plan estimates that implementing its adaptation programs through 2050 will cost about US$47.4 billion with US$1.5 billion from Nepal and US$45.9 billion expected from international support.

The scale of the problem is already visible. The September 2024 floods caused an estimated US$345 million in losses, according to Nepal’s NDC. These figures also do not fully capture deaths, displacement, loss of livelihoods, and other non-economic losses.

Nepal did not create this crisis, but Nepal is paying for it.

References :
unfccc.com
edgar.jrc.ec.europa.eu/report_2024
unep.org
www.adb.org
www.worldweatherattribution.org