Floods triggered by heavy rainfall last night have inundated several homes, affecting many settlements living alongside river banks. A steep rise in Hanumantey river in Bhaktapur saw floodwater entering Bista village. Similarly, several homes living along the Manohara River bank were inundated as well. Although no human casualties were reported, rescue efforts had to be […]
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At least 20 people have been reported dead due to floods, landslides and inundation triggered incessant rainfall across the country in the past nine days. According to a report released by Nepal Police, 13 males, four females, four children (three boys and a girl) have died in Sindhupalchowk, Saptari, Kavre, Gorkha, Kaski, Arghakhanchi, Palpa, Pyuthan,
20 dead, 21 missing after last week’s rain-induced disasters: Nepal Police Read Post »
Wednesday night’s floods and landslides have claimed at least 14 lives in Dhorpatan, of Baglung while 41 people are still missing, according to the Province Police Office of Pokhara. Dunepokhara, Sukurdung, Bhattabot, Bhusunde and Lankuribot in Dhorpatan’s Wards No 6, 7, 8 and 9 have been worst hit by the landslides and floods with at
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At least six people died while a dozen others went missing after the flooded Kailash Khola entered several settlements of Ramaroshan Rural Municipality in Achham on Tuesday. Four dead bodies were recovered from Koseda area in Darna of Bannigadi Jayagad Rural Municipality while two other bodies were found at Lamatna and Seri of Mangalsen Municipality,
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Residents of Ajaytodki village in Ward 2 of Gaumul Rural Municipality in Bajura are left without food and shelter as the village has been cut-off from the rest of the country for the past two days. A total 20 families comprising 90 people reside in the village. Road network to the district headquarters Martadi has
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KATHMANDU/DHAKA, Aug 3 (Reuters) – Heavy rain in Nepal triggered landslides on Monday that killed eight labourers at a construction site and two members of a family, taking the toll in floods and landslides to 177 since late May. Elsewhere in South Asia, the annual rainy season brought more misery with at least 135 people
Landslides kill 10 in Nepal as heavy rains take toll in South Asia Read Post »
Over 4 million children are currently estimated to be impacted and in urgent need of life-saving support, with many millions more at risk, UNICEF has said. Weeks of torrential monsoon rains, widespread flooding and deadly landslides in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal have affected millions of children and families. “Even for a region that is
Millions of children affected by devastating flooding in South Asia: UNICEF Read Post »
With incessant rainfall across the country over the past couple of days, floods and landslides have wreaked havoc in different parts of the nation. Most parts recorded at least 100 milliliters of rain in the last 24 hours and the index is likely to touch 200 milliliters in the days to come. According to the
Floods, landslides wreak havoc across country: District wise update Read Post »
GUWAHATI,India July 20 (Reuters) – Intense rain and floods in the Indian state of Assam have killed at least 84 people and displaced more than 2.75 million since May, authorities said on Monday, as they tried to collect the bodies of nine rare rhinos drowned in the past 10 days. Rescue teams were facing a
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GUWAHATI, India/KATHMANDU, Nepal July 19 (Reuters) – Nearly four million people in India’s northeastern state of Assam and neighbouring Nepal have been displaced by heavy flooding from monsoon rains, with dozens missing as deaths rose to at least 189, government officials said on Sunday. The overflowing Brahmaputra River, which flows through China’s Tibet, India and Bangladesh, has damaged crops
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