Airlink’s Disaster Response
Airlink is rapidly mobilizing humanitarian and airline partners to help communities in Nepal by sending:
- Search and Rescue and emergency medical teams
- Disaster assessment and management teams
- Urgently-needed aid supplies, including medical equipment, medicines, water filters and hygiene kits, food, shelter tools and resources, and more
Given the severe infrastructure damage, remote aspect of the affected communities in and around Rasuwa, Nepal, and high, difficult elevation and terrain, this response is anticipated to be both challenging logistically and costly. Airlink has a long history of responding to catastrophic natural disasters in Nepal, including floods between 2017-2025 and the 2015 earthquake, and is utilizing best practices and strong partnerships developed to get immediate relief to communities, prioritizing rescue operations and safety assessments for disaster crews.
Airlink’s partners on the ground in Nepal following the 2015 earthquake.
Situation Overview
Flash floods that reached as high as 270 feet swept through Rasuwa valley in Nepal on Wednesday morning, instantly burying dozens of communities and leaving over a thousand people missing. A catastrophic trail of damage to critical infrastructure, roadways and bridges, and settlements was left in its wake, along with a daunting task of launching search and rescue efforts. Rasuwa and the affected communities are northeast of Kathmandu, Nepal’s capitol. Though the triggering event is still being determined, experts point to changing climate as the initial reason for the sudden flood and landslides, due to surrounding glaciers shifting and melting.
