Their flood videos went viral. They are still haunted by what they saw

Millions watched videos of the August 26 flood that devastated entire towns. The men behind two of the clips survived, but one lost his home and farmland, the other his mother.

Until the first glimpse of the rising waters, it was just an ordinary Wednesday morning at a bridge over the Bhotekoshi river at Trishuli Bazar in Nuwakot. Motorcycles honked and crisscrossed, and people stood by the roadside. Beyond them, however, the river had already swollen, rushing beneath the bridge, with houses lining the bank and green hills rising in the background. Then, almost suddenly, the furious waters burst through the river channel, sending up a towering plume of spray. The torrent of muddy water and debris crashed against the banks and swept beneath the bridge with terrifying force, transforming the familiar landscape into a scene of devastation. Captured on August 26, as catastrophic floods battered the Bhotekoshi corridor, the footage offers a chilling glimpse of how quickly the river turned lethal.