Helicopter pilot Aman Budathoki has described 'extremely frightening' waves up to six metres high tearing through river valleys in northern Nepal on Wednesday, August 26, as flash floods near the China border swept away trees, vehicles and homes and left entire villages fearing the worst.
The sudden flooding hit a stretch of the Bhotekoshi River, a volatile Himalayan waterway that cuts through steep gorges before flowing into Nepal's Bagmati Province. Early assessments from scientists suggest a chain reaction, possibly involving an earthquake, an avalanche and a temporary river blockage, may have unleashed the violent surge that residents saw racing downstream.
