Pick who you are. Follow the steps.
You do not need to wait for the government. Choose the tab that matches you — each one is a complete, ordered checklist with the exact tools and links to use. The national six-step playbook now lives on the flood prevention page.
Choose your track
Detailed steps for each kind of action-taker
Each track is ordered — do step one first. Links open the external tools and official services mentioned.
Anyone in or near the affected valleys
The August 2026 flood has passed through, but a barrier lake is still filling upstream and the monsoon is not over. Do these in order.
- 1
Move your sleeping place above the surge line
Get at least 30 vertical metres above the river before dark — GLOF surges climb valley walls, so distance along the bank is not enough. Take documents, medicine, water and a torch. Treat every night as risky until authorities declare the barrier lake stable.
- 2
Set up your information lifeline
Identify the two most reliable official channels for your district and check them morning and evening. Follow NDRRMA and Nepal Police updates; do not act on unverified forwards.
- 3
Make your water safe
Boil or chlorinate every litre. Rivers now carry glacial silt, fuel and sewage — clear-looking water is not safe water. Post-flood diarrhoeal disease historically kills more people than the flood itself.
- 4
Register missing people through official channels
File reports with Nepal Police and the Red Cross tracing service, not only on social media. Include trekking permit or TIMS numbers and a recent photo.
- 5
Do not self-deploy to the disaster zone
Untrained arrivals consume the food, fuel and helicopter seats that responders need. Help from where you are: donate cash to verified responders via the home page, or prepare supply kits from the supply chain page.
Remember
Prepared beats heroic
Every major flood after-action review reaches the same conclusion: the lives saved were saved by maps, sensors, drills and zoning — not by last-minute heroics.