Nepal, Oct. 12 -- Nepal is still processing the devastation caused by the August 26 Bhotekoshi flash flood, and Gorkha district's Budhigandaki River was inundated on Sunday morning. The flood-swollen river has caused widespread damage in Chumnubri and Dharche rural municipalities. It has reportedly swept away nearly 35 to 40 houses in Salleri and Ghattikhola in Chumnubri, as well as bridges and some infrastructure at the under-construction Budhigandaki hydropower project. Five people are missing.

While authorities are still assessing the full scope of the damage, this flood has yet again reminded Nepal of the devastation flash floods can bring to downstream communities. Given how frequent and devastating these disasters have become, and ...