# Nepal Floods Ruin Merchants Ahead of Crucial Festival Season

https://mins.news/en/item/45550

- Bloomberg News, 2026-09-04 14:21 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-04/nepal-floods-ruin-merchants-traders-ahead-of-crucial-festival-season?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6a9ad3e948059c000187c6a9

> Floods in Nepal’s Trishuli Bazaar have devastated merchants ahead of the crucial festival season. Ashok Kumar Chaurasiya says the clothes he wore while fleeing his textile shop last week are almost all he has left.

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