Disaster authority lists 25 districts at high flood and landslide risk

Weather across the country changed as a low-pressure system that formed over the Bay of Bengal brought continuous rain, Reporters Nepal reported on 25 September 2026. Water levels in rivers and streams have been rising, and landslides have blocked roads at various locations, according to both outlets. Using the rainfall and the resulting flood and landslide risk as its basis, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority sorted 77 districts into three tiers marked red, orange and yellow. The 25 red districts are considered to be at high risk. For these, the authority has recommended that vehicle movement be stopped completely during both the day and the night. A further 29 districts fall in the orange, or medium-risk, tier. There the advice is to halt traffic at night, while decisions on daytime movement are left to the district monsoon response command posts depending on conditions on the ground. The remaining 23 districts are on the yellow list, where people have been told to remain cautious. OnlineKhabar, in a report published on 25 September, said the complete stop on transport in the 25 high-risk districts would remain in place the following day as well. Neither outlet listed which districts fall into each of the three categories, and no figures for damage or casualties were given in the reports.