Flood enters Bhotekoshi/Trishuli; SMS alerts reach 679,295 residents

Upstream stations at Syabrubesi (08:50) and Betrawati (09:20) stopped transmitting. Nepal's hydrology department was informed at 09:00 and SMS alerts went to 679,295 riverbank residents in Rasuwa, Nuwakot, Dhading and Chitwan from 09:15. Evacuations began along the Trishuli corridor; the flood passed Muglin and reached Devghat by early afternoon, peaking at 6.57 m at 16:00.