{
  "id": 5534597,
  "title": "Katastrophe: Behörden schätzen Flutschäden auf 2,2 Milliarden Euro",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/katastrophe-behorden-schatzen-flutschaden-auf-2-2-milliarden-euro",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-04T10:20:21.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/international/katastrophe-behoerden-schaetzen-flutschaeden-auf-22-milliarden-euro/100252062.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "A series of devastating floods and landslides in northern Nepal have caused economic damages amounting to billions of dollars, according to the Nepalese disaster management authority. The agency estimates the total cost of infrastructure and property damage at 387.5 billion Nepalese rupees, or more than 2.2 billion euros. In the areas submerged by the floodwaters, approximately 20,000 homes need to be rebuilt, reported the chief of the national disaster management agency, Dharma Raj Upreti. At least 7,500 homes were completely destroyed. The catastrophe occurred on August 26 at the Nepal-Tibet border, when a landslide triggered by a glacier collapse swept through the valley, leveling entire villages, strategic roads, and hydroelectric facilities. Rescue teams managed to recover two people alive from a collapsed tunnel of the Upper Trishuli 3A hydroelectric power plant in Nepal. Both employees from the plant operator were flown to a military hospital in Kathmandu, according to a military spokesperson. Current data from the Electricity Development Department shows that eleven hydroelectric power plants under construction or operation were affected by the water and debris. Hundreds of employees remain missing, feared to be trapped in the tunnels and shafts of the devastated power plants. The rescue of the two survivors increases hope for finding more people in the tunnel systems of the ravaged hydroelectric facilities. According to the authorities, the death toll in Nepal has now risen to at least 1,287, with over 4,800 people missing.",
  "summary": "Neun Tage nach der Sturzflut in Nepal meldet die Katastrophenschutzbehörde fast 1300 Tote. Die Suche nach Überlebenden geht weiter. Das Ausmaß der Schäden wird immer deutlicher.",
  "key_points": [
    "Floods and landslides cause 2.2 billion euros in economic damage in Nepal.",
    "20,000 homes need rebuilding after August 26 disaster at Nepal-Tibet border.",
    "11 hydroelectric power plants affected, with 2 survivors found alive."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}