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

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] 13 Oct 202613 Oct 2026 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.