Nepal Disaster History
Source-backed records of older major disasters in Nepal, with archived impact figures and verified references.
2024 September Nepal Floods and Landslides
Record rainfall from 26–28 September 2024 caused severe floods and landslides across Kathmandu Valley and many other districts.
2023 Jajarkot Earthquake
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck Jajarkot and Rukum West in Karnali Province on 3 November 2023.
2021 Melamchi–Indrawati Flood
A destructive cascading flood and debris-flow disaster struck the Melamchi–Indrawati watershed in June 2021.
2019 Bara–Parsa Tornado
A destructive tornado struck Bara and Parsa districts on 31 March 2019, the first tornado officially recorded in Nepal.
2017 Nepal Terai Floods
Severe monsoon flooding and landslides affected large parts of southern Nepal in August 2017.
2015 Gorkha Earthquake
A magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck central Nepal on 25 April 2015, followed by a magnitude 7.3 major aftershock on 12 May.