Hidesuke Taneishi, 40, and Tetsu Hashimoto, 25, went missing at around 7,050 metres while climbing the 7,455-metre peak in Manang.

The disaster also destroyed 34 livestock sheds and 12 pig pens, while veterinary teams treat rescued animals and deliver feed and medicines to affected areas.

A makeshift crossing over a submerged bridge on the Marshyangdi river is allowing jeeps and motorcycles through, restoring road access to the upper valley.

The river has washed away foot trail connecting Jagat and Salleri, leaving residents, workers and more than 100 trekkers stranded.

An estimated 35 to 40 houses and several bridges have been swept away in Gorkha, while a suspected landslide may have triggered the flooding. Five people have been reported missing as rescue efforts continue.

A landslide in Chumchet may have blocked a tributary before water surged downstream. Authorities warn of high flood risks along the Trishuli river as far as Chitwan and Nawalparasi.

The four locals were living in a shed on the banks of the Ungilung river in Chumchet, Gorkha.

Flooding has swept away houses and bridges in Gorkha’s Chumnubri and Dharche rural municipalities, while a hydropower project’s construction site has also been damaged. The full extent of the damage remains unclear.

Traffic has been diverted after the middle section of a 50-year-old iron bridge on the Narayangadh–Kawasoti road sagged, raising fears it could collapse.

The victims were among 16 Nepali workers and support staff preparing routes and camps ahead of foreign climbers when the avalanche struck the 7,126-metre peak on September 26.

A submerged bridge and debris-choked river have blocked the main road to Upper Manang, leaving residents unable to reach Chame.

Authorities are widening the river channel to protect homes and a motorable bridge threatened by the rising flow.

The deaths occurred over several days as incessant rainfall triggered floods and landslides across the district, destroying 51 houses and damaging dozens of others.

Residents who fled to forest shelters after the Marsyangdi river was partially blocked by a landslide on Sunday returned home as the river level fell and the weather cleared.

Local residents say smoke has emerged from different spots on the hill for decades, but has grown thicker in recent months.

The Kimrong Khola was temporarily blocked on Tuesday, prompting precautionary evacuations downstream, but the blockage began clearing overnight and the river has since returned to its normal flow.

The Krishnabhir landslide has disrupted 150 tourist buses on the Pokhara-Kathmandu route, pushing daily air passenger numbers towards 3,500 and prompting tourism operators to explore an alternative route across the Trishuli.

A pre-dawn flood in remote Chumnubri Rural Municipality destroyed four houses and swept away a bridge, with no casualties reported.

More than 1,000 relatives of missing people arrived on Saturday as authorities display photographs of 102 bodies recovered far downstream, with some identified by school ties, tattoos and jewellery.

The legislation opens the door to medicinal and industrial cannabis cultivation under a rigorous licensing regime while keeping recreational use and unauthorised cultivation illegal.