How Amazon is helping communities impacted by the Nepal flash floods

Recent Updates 6 hours ago Share Amazon is working with humanitarian aid organizations in the wake of the Nepal floods Our thoughts are with everyone impacted by the devastating floods and landslides that followed the glacier collapse along the Nepal border on August 26.

The floods have claimed more than 500 lives, with nearly 2,000 people still missing and many displaced. We are actively working with aid organizations to provide support and relief during this challenging time.

Here's how Amazon is helping communities affected by the Nepal floods: Supporting humanitarian relief agencies with cash donations and emergency supplies To provide immediate relief, Amazon has made cash donations to two long-term, trusted partners, the International Organization of Migration (IOM) and the World Food Programme.

We are assessing how we can meet additional urgent needs with the donation and delivery of essential relief items, including tents, thermal blankets, and solar lights. “The scale of destruction and loss of life is immense, and we want to help in every way we can,” said Abe Diaz, head of Amazon's Disaster Relief.

“We’re coordinating closely with humanitarian organizations on the ground to deliver aid where it's needed given the logistical challenges.” Following the disaster, experts have warned that debris blocking river systems could trigger secondary flooding downstream, including in northern India.

We're working with our local partner DonateKart in India to prepare relief supplies and response plans so we can act quickly if communities there are affected.

Mobilizing a network of Disaster Relief hubs We have a 24/7 operation dedicated to providing alerts and up-to-date information when severe events like this occur to help inform our operational decisions.

When needed, we can also draw on our three Disaster Relief hubs in India, or our Disaster Relief hub network worldwide—stocked with tarps, toiletries, and other emergency supplies—so we can provide aid when and where it’s needed as quickly as possible.

Since 2017, Amazon has donated and delivered more than 30 million essential supplies in response to more than 200 disasters around the world, including the Venezuela earthquake and Türkiye and Syria earthquake. Learn more about Amazon’s disaster relief efforts.