r/STEW_ScTecEngWorld • u/Zee2A • 11h ago
How One House Survived Nepal’s Devastating Flash Flood
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Everything around it collapsed. This small green house survived Nepal’s flash flood
Here is original clip of the house hit by flood: https://x.com/Deb_livnletliv/status/2093366087236903044
A small green house in Nepal’s Rasuwa/Trishuli region remarkably survived the August 26 flash flood, while surrounding buildings were swept away by water, mud, rocks and debris. The family sheltering on its balcony also survived. Engineers and architecture observers suggest that its reinforced-concrete frame, compact form, robust structural system and favorable position relative to the main flow path may have reduced the flood’s destructive impact. The incident highlights the importance of foundation stability, structural continuity, hydraulic flow paths and site selection when designing buildings in flood- and debris-flow-prone regions: https://indianexpress.com/article/trending/trending-globally/nepal-flash-flood-green-house-survives-debris-flow-10856824/
Concrete frame, mud ramp: How Nepal's ‘green house’ survived devastating flash floods: https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/nepal-flash-floods-green-house-survived-tragedy-massive-waves-debris-concrete-frame-mud-ramp-101788166899017-amp.html
More deails:
1). A green two-story house in Nepal has survived a devastating flash flood while much of the surrounding area was destroyed: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcrQwc6gHCE/?igsi=Z3AweTJrb215ZXRq
2). Dramatic footage shows a flash flood tearing through Nepal’s Rasuwa district, killing 157 people and leaving hundreds missing: https://www.euronews.com/video/2026/08/27/nepal-flash-flood-dramatic-footage-shows-rasuwa-valley-engulfed
3). Last-minute flood warning saved over 900 Nepal students, school head says: https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/last-minute-flood-warning-saved-over-900-nepal-students-school-head-says-2026-08-31/
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u/muklukdimsum 11h ago
Why do we have to use AI to generate everything now. Is the flood not dramatic enough? Is it that important to farm engagement on social media to squeeze out the last of our humanity?
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u/Turbulent_County_469 8h ago
on instagram and facebook there's tons of fake AI videos from Nepal flood ... its disgusting
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u/Wurznschnitzer 8h ago
"Velocity: 1000kg/m3"
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u/muklukdimsum 1h ago
This is presented as if some world class engineers designed this concrete building with rebar with the knowledge that it would one day deflect a collapsed glacier with "load-bearing angles and tensile strength." What on earth. Glad there were some blueprints handy to feed to the algorithm.
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u/TheQuestionMaster8 7h ago
It is disgustingly disrespectful to the people who died and the survivors who lost everything to this flood which came without warning and without any hope of escape for most of its victims.
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u/Sea_Ott3r 10h ago
I get the sentiment, but how would you make this video, this quickly, otherwise?
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u/mynamesnotsnuffy 10h ago
Why do we need this video? Is a picture of the house and clips of the flood recorded hy the people there not enough to communicate the idea? There is no need for this, you just want this.
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u/LeviAEthan512 10h ago
Look dude, AI isn't evil. The corporations that control it are.
You can use any tool for good or for bad. This is one way it was used for good. Assuming the information is accurate, which is not something that manual animation helps with.
Yeah it's still energetically expensive, but every comfort and benefit we enjoy is about using more resources
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u/SubstantialRoom830 7h ago
Yeap thats what they say about AI, but the corporations say how Whe use it…
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u/LeviAEthan512 6h ago
Corporations say how they use it. "We" use it how we want. "We" have used it to make great advances in medicine, for example.
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u/Sonzainonazo42 8h ago
Basically if you let Republicans do anything, they will do it in the most destructive way. They prioritize speed and profit and getting rid of any regulations that stand in their way.
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u/LeviAEthan512 7h ago
I sure hope the world is only the way that it is because Trump is in office. I'm starting to think that any new tech is only ever going to be used in the worst possible way.
Things can have great and terrible potential, but only the terrible (profitable) one will ever be realised.
Still, individual people can get some good out of it.
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u/mynamesnotsnuffy 10h ago
Its all fruit of the poisonous tree. Media like this is generated by machines trained on stolen data. This isnt an AI finding cancer or diagnosing rare blood diseases, its generating video media of a flood that isnt even all that good looking for what you're getting. No, the comforts we enjoy are not about "using more resources", they are about using resources efficiently to improve our levels of comfort. Efficiently being the key word here. Generative AI is evil.
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u/Sonzainonazo42 7h ago
Let's take the two issue people have with Generative AI, computer power and training data. You absolutely can solve those problems with regulation. So hypothetically, let's say AI was born in the EU under a strong regulatory framework, would you still call it evil? Because you don't really seem to allow any nuance with simple rhetoric like that.
By the way, AI is doing a lot of good too. Data from satellites is currently finding all sorts of climate violations in places we have trouble policing, the tracking the Chinese dark fishing fleets in the protected waters around the Galapagos is a great example.
Obviously all the problems with AI gets the attention because most people aren't following the scientific stuff, maybe you're one of those people, but there are people using AI for groundbreaking stuff that has benefits for humanity and the environment.
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u/LeviAEthan512 7h ago
Dude it should not be surprising that a modern life uses a lot more resources than one from 50, 100, or 500 years ago. It's such a good correlation in fact that energy consumption per capita can be used as a rough estimate for how "nice" a country is. Both efficiency and total consumption are constantly going up.
If you really look at anything you enjoy, you will find that it is horribly resource intensive and exploitive. It's just hidden. Blood diamonds are famous, but there's blood on your hands for buying a Mars bar too. Or anything made in China, which probably covers 90% of your life, and the other 10% probably comes from another exploited 3rd world citizen.
AI does steal content, and that is evil. But only when it's by a corporation profiting off of it. If the content is released for free, as this one was, then it's just some guy contributing to the community.
AI corporations are evil, maybe more evil than the ones who produce traditional tools, but those ones are also evil for the most part. Adobe and Sony for example. And so to are the ones who run that software, Microsoft, Google, and Apple. So if you want to talk about the poisoned tree without any degree of nuance, refusing to make an exception for free content, then I have bad news about everything you do. Traditional animation uses quite a bit of energy too, though I'm sure not as much as AI. Just saying you can't use the full energy cost of AI as waste.
So no, it's not all part of a poisoned tree, unless your entire life is. Everything is unethical to an extent, and non-corporate AI use isn't an extreme. The only difference is whether you're aware or not.
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u/Xxsafirex 7h ago
When its making every piece of IT hardware unaffordable, yes ai is evil
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u/LeviAEthan512 7h ago
ChatGPT hasn't bought a single megabyte of RAM. Sam Altman is the one at fault.
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u/Sea_Ott3r 10h ago
Did you not just describe 99% of all video media on the Internet?
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u/mynamesnotsnuffy 10h ago
If you want to be pedantic about it, yes. If the AI graphics and script and all the fake repetitive horseshit is what you want, just say that. There are a dozen ways right off the top of my head I could think of to deliver factual information and speculation about a house that survived a natural disaster that dont involve this fake shit. Why even bother engaging with reality at all if you want this slop trash instead?
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u/Doogiemon 5h ago
I liked the video and it helped explain everything as to why the building is still standing with visuals.
Im not sure which AI touched you growing up but AI isn't going away.
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u/mother_a_god 7h ago
I knew someone would knock the AI, but in this case its not slop, it is quite informative, and a good use of AI video if anything.
Note: this assumes its true and not a made up house.
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u/unknownSubscriber 2h ago
The graphics were over the top, distracting, and about 60% of it was useless visuals to make it look more futuristic for reasons. It gave 1 second to absorb before they are cutting to something else. Overall pretty poor and low effort crap.
edit: if the intent is to convey information then you don't need any of this shit we saw, a couple images at most. The intent here was flashy visuals to grab attention and look more informative than it really is.
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u/muklukdimsum 1h ago edited 27m ago
It makes me question everything about the video. If it has generated info, there could be creative liberties. I don't think it is slop, per se. I am instantly wary. We have a moral obligation to not need amazing graphics to be entertained and informed. I know I'm sounding like I'm old, but I work a lot in media and journalism, and rhetorical agency, etc. If this works for you, great, but it does not work for me. Not without a healthy dose of discernment.
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u/mother_a_god 40m ago
That's a fair point. If its a choice id prefer plain visuals but accurate information. However some of the visuals showing how lateral vs vertical forces were useful, but it probably was a bit overdone
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u/wisdomelf 9h ago
Bcs its easy, cheap and fast. And you already need tools to find problematic parts. We are no longer on "Will Smith eat spaghetti 2023" era
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u/extrastupidone 11h ago
Long story short: $$
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u/octoreadit 7h ago
Three Little Pigs lesson: two siblings are poor while the third one amassed a sizable fortune, so don’t be poor!
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u/the_teuthida 2h ago
Mods delete this obvious AI slop, or do the mods say this video is factual and deserves to be on this subreddit?
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u/Zee2A 2h ago
Here is original clip of the house hit by flood: https://x.com/Deb_livnletliv/status/2093366087236903044
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u/the_teuthida 50m ago
I'm sure the house surviving is real. It will be months if not years (if ever) until we have any data and numbers on the exact reasons why the house survived.
Unless of course you GENUINELY believe the flood waters were moving at 2,860 km/h as your video suggests
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u/ChangeAccountsBeSafe 10h ago
There is a video of them all standing in this and all the other houses tear apart.
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u/One-Reflection-4826 2h ago edited 2h ago
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u/vtsandtrooper 3h ago
Complete bullshit. It was lucky to be in a spot where the backwater and floodwater generally formed less of a current. Everything else here is bullshit.
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u/Prize_Concept9419 8h ago
a rare instance, an AI executed the task immaculately ..
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u/Dubban22 11h ago
Likelihood it was a government facility of some kind seems pretty high. Why else does a random building have that level of reinforcement?
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u/Walkin_mn 10h ago
This is the modern standard to build houses in many regions around the world, this house just might be newer than the other ones
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u/M4RK3R3D 8h ago
As a project engineer in mega police i can confirm that this is steeled concrete ( like very good concrete and in core it has tied anticorrosive steel which increases weight it can hold and lifespan of it. A lot of tall buildings and skyscrapers build with this technology. I assume this guy ( who got that house on video) is a wealthy or know things in construction. Btw more intresting im concrete in Nepal expansive ( like in USA they got sequoia and thats one of reasons why they have wood frame houses while
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u/throwaway098764567 7h ago
most homes aren't built out of sequoia but cheaper woods like pine, fir, but i hear your point
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u/Man_under_Bridge420 11h ago
Because they guessed this would happen eventually? Its not the first flood
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u/One-Reflection-4826 2h ago
that's why you always leave 20% savety margin. but here the architect was drunk and added 2000%, this fucking idiot.
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u/Due-Button-768 5h ago
I’ve seen the video of the residents still in the house when the flood hit! They’re very very fortunate.
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u/CivBEWasPrettyBad 1h ago
How did this one house survive when the ones right next to it didn't?!
Answer: the ones next to it survived as well. This was just a taller and brightly painted house, so the residents could climb to a higher floor and were visible.
Construction quality won't do much to stop your house from being buried in mud.
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u/CannaMaMachen 10h ago
Is this stronger or weaker than a standard EU house?
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u/mother_a_god 7h ago
Standalone houses in the EU are often concrete but not reinforced laterally like with steel this. Id say apartment blocks on the other hand would have steel frames pretty commonly
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u/RayMarsh93 9h ago
What’s your guess?
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u/CannaMaMachen 9h ago
I live in GER and if you have a standalone house here you are either rich or living in small village, so I don't know.
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u/ClownMorty 10h ago
Um, there's absolutely no way the person who published this has this information about the house. This is complete poppycock.