More than 100 foreign trekkers stranded by floods in Nepal’s Gorkha region
- Rescue operation underway after flash floods swept away home, bridges and parts of the Manaslu trekking trail.
- 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.
- Bhuwan Raj Ojha, an official of the Manaslu Conservation Area Project, told the Reuters news agency on Monday that the trekkers were stranded in different areas of the popular Manaslu trekking trail because part of the route had been swept away.
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- Rescue operation underway after flash floods swept away home, bridges and parts of the Manaslu trekking trail.
- 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.
- Bhuwan Raj Ojha, an official of the Manaslu Conservation Area Project, told the Reuters news agency on Monday that the trekkers were stranded in different areas of the popular Manaslu trekking trail because part of the route had been swept away.
Sources: Al Jazeera