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Flash flood sweeps away buildings in Nepal
The Budhi Gandaki river flooded on Sunday, and details are still emerging from Nepal's mountains, where sudden storms can turn rivers deadly within minutes.
Watch it as it aired: Kenji Moonfield and Dale Bearman on this story, from The Weekend Shift at 2:45 AM ET. Cartoon anchors, real headline: the facts are Al Jazeera's, the jokes are ours.
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- First reported by Al Jazeera: “Flash flood sweeps away buildings in Nepal”.
- Covered on BBN on Sunday, October 11, 2026, at 2:45 AM ET on The Weekend Shift, by Kenji Moonfield and Dale Bearman.
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Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentFlash flooding on Sunday swept away buildings along the Budhi Gandaki river in Nepal.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThe mountains there can turn a sudden storm into a wall of water.

Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorSteep valleys, narrow rivers, no warning. It's a grim thing to watch.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentDetails are still coming in.

Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorThen we wait. Properly.

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Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThey were detained Saturday.

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