After days of torrential rain, the river rose to record-breaking levels in parts of Nepal and India. NASA Earth Observatory Oct 02, 2026 Article View more Images of the Day: Oct 1, 2026 Instruments: Aqua — MODIS Terra — MODIS Topics: Floods September 20, 2026 September 29, 2026 A false-color satellite image shows the Gandak River before the flooding on September 20, 2026. NASA Earth Observatory / Lauren Dauphin A false-color satellite image shows the same area during the flooding on September 29, 2026.
NASA Earth Observatory / Lauren Dauphin September 20, 2026 September 29, 2026 Curtain Toggle 2-Up Storms drenched Nepal’s mountainous Lumbini and Gandaki provinces with waves of torrential rain between September 24 and 27. The deluge, arriving late in the monsoon season, triggered landslides and pushed the Gandak River, also called the Narayani, to record levels in both Nepal and India. With runoff streaming into the braided river system, water overtopped and breached embankments in several areas, inundating farmland and settlements along the river for hundreds of kilometers.
As authorities assessed the full extent of the damage, news reports indicated that flooding and landslides had affected hundreds of villages and displaced thousands of people.
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