Experts believe an ice-rock avalanche from a glacier blocked the Lhende Khola River, a tributary of the Bhotekoshi, then released a sudden surge downstream—washing away villages and destroying infrastructure. This is the second time the river has flooded in fourteen months.
On the Ground in Nepal: WCK Opens Community Kitchens
On August 26, a glacier collapsed on the Nepal-China border, sending a catastrophic debris flow more than 60 miles downstream along the Trishuli River, wiping out bridges, roads, and settlements across a vast stretch of northern Nepal. Communities were cut off entirely—reachable only by helicopter or on foot. WCK mobilized immediately and teams are now cooking from a community kitchen in the hardest hit area.
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Road Access & Aid
Over the weekend, a truckload of WCK kitchen supplies arrived at a school in Rasuwa, Nepal—and getting it there took five hours to travel just 7 miles. That’s what access looks like in the hardest-hit areas after this week’s devastating floods. WCK is setting up a kitchen at the school to prepare meals as close as possible to the families who need them most. And we won’t stop; as soon as the truck returned to Kathmandu, it was loaded with equipment for another kitchen.
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