A flash flood tore through northern Nepal on August 26, 2026, leaving emergency crews scrambling to reach survivors across the affected region.
The European Space Agency said thousands of responders are conducting search-and-rescue operations in the wake of the disaster. The agency's Sentinel-2 satellite captured before-and-after images of the inundated area, giving officials a clearer picture of how far the floodwaters spread and how extensive the damage is.
The ESA said the imagery is being used to map the scale of inundation across the region.