The entire village in the eastern Nepal Tireless days are swept away Rain Catalyst Landslide And Flash floodsOfficials said that at least 47 people were killed and many missing, the officials said.
Heavy rains, which began in the end of last week, caused widespread destruction in the hill Himalaya The nation, blocking major highways, submerging houses and forcing thousands to flee to safe ground.
Officials said that 35 people were killed in separate landslides in Ilam district, boundary of a mountainous region India Known for his tea gardens.
Nepal’s National Disaster Risk reduction and Management Authority said the entire communities were sloped under torrential rains.
A spokesman of the agency, Shanti Mahat, said, “Efforts are underway to miss the missing persons,” a spokesman of the agency, as helicopters and army teams were deployed to reach the cut-off villages.
“Many areas remain inaccessible because roads have been washed or blocked with debris.”
Six members of a family were killed when a landslide buried his house, as he slept, said Bholanath Gurgai, an assistant administrative officer in Ilam. Dozens of more trapped.
In Kathmandu, the government issued a severe rain warning to the eastern and central regions, which shut down major highways and domestic flights on Saturday due to poor visibility. Some routes were partially reopened on Sunday, but the authorities warned that landslides were possible as heavy rains continued.
Airport spokesperson Rinji Sherpa said that the country’s largest international airport in Kathmandu remained open, although domestic flights “were largely interrupted.”
Delus caused floods in some parts of southern Nepal and killed at least three people in different incidents in electrical attacks. The Koshi River was flowing above the level of danger, one of the largest and most flood-affected waterways in the region, forcing the authorities to open all 56 sluice gates of the Koshi barrage.
District Governor Dharmendra Kumar Mishra of Sansari said that all traffic has been banned on the bridge due to security reasons.
Nepal’s army and police have been mobilized to go to high land and need medical care.
In the photographs, soldiers were shown to carry the residents through chest-high flood waters and recover goods from submerged houses.
In the capital, the rivers overthrew their banks, releasing the floods and underwater roads in the lower neighborhoods. However, there were no major casualties in Kathmandu.
Hundreds of thousands of people were returning to the capital after celebrating Nepal’s biggest festival. The highways were filled with traffic over the weekend, and the authorities declared a national holiday as a precaution till Monday.
The hill district of Darjeeling across the border across the border in the state of West Bengal, India, led to a deadly landslide, where at least seven people were killed, local media reported.
Darjeeling District Police Officer Abhishek Roy said, “Seven dead bodies have already been recovered from the rubble.” “We have information about two more people, and work is going on to fix their body.”
Expressing condolences on social media, the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi said: “We are standing with the people of Nepal and the government in this difficult time. As a friendly neighbor and first respondent, India is committed to providing any assistance that may be required.”
Floods and landslides are common during Nepal’s monsoon season, which usually lasts from June to mid -September, but this year lasts unusually long. Last year, more than 220 people were killed at the same time, which underlined the growing vulnerability of the country for climate change and rapid forest harvesting.
Meteorologists warned that rain would continue till at least Monday, said that they were taking “maximum care and precautions” in the affected areas.