Landslide-dam breach may have triggered Budhi Gandaki flash flood
A destructive flash flood that swept through Nepal’s Budhi Gandaki river system early Sunday may have been triggered by the failure of a temporary river blockage created by a landslide near Chumchet in Gorkha district, according to preliminary accounts from Nepal’s authorities reviewed by the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD).Flooding is estimated to have begun around 4:00 a.m. Nepal time on 11 October, carrying mud, sediment and debris downstream thro

