On August 23, fourteen travelers from Kottayam set out for a temple visit in Nepal and found themselves instead at the edge of a monsoon's fury — stranded for seven hours as floodwaters erased houses and trees from the landscape around them. Local police held their vehicle in place while landslide threats multiplied and the water climbed, turning a planned holiday into a lesson in how quickly the natural world can redraw the boundaries of safety. They reached Pokhara intact, their return to Kerala imminent, carrying with them the particular knowledge that comes only from having waited, still a
Kerala tourists narrowly escape Nepal flash floods, safe in Pokhara
14 Kerala tourists were stranded for seven hours during flash floods with rising water levels and landslide threats, though no casualties were reported.