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At least 66 people have been killed in Nepal since early on Friday as persistent downpours triggered flooding and landslides, closing major roads and disrupting domestic air travel, officials said ...
Heavy rains triggered landslides and flash floods killing at least 11 people in the last 36 hours in Nepal and blocking key highways and roads, officials said on Sunday. Eight people were missing ...
KATHMANDU (Reuters) -Nepal has shut schools for three days after landslides and floods triggered by two days of heavy rain across the Himalayan nation killed 151 people, with 56 missing, officials ...
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Flooding and landslides caused by continuous rainfall has killed at least 66 people in Nepal, and a further 69 are missing, officials said Saturday. Rain has been pouring down since Friday night and is expected to continue over the weekend.
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Rescuers on Tuesday searched for people still missing and tried to recover bodies of those killed in weekend flooding and landslides in Nepal that killed more than 200 people. Weather continued to improve, and workers were clearing the highways that were blocked by landslides.
On 16 August 2024, two glacier lakes burst in Thame village of the Everest region in Solukhumbu District of Nepal. The flood damaged a number of households of Khumbu Pasanglhamu Rural Municipality. [1] [2] Initially, the flood was believed to be due to the blocked river breached by a landslide.
The monsoon season in Nepal causes significant rainfall to fall from June to September annually, causing mountainous landslides and increased river water levels. Landslides in Nepal during the 24-hour period prior to the accident killed seventeen people. [3] The Madan Ashrit Highway or NH44 is the busiest international roadway link in Nepal.
Heavy rainfall triggered landslides and flash floods in Nepal, killing at least 11 people, with another nine killed by lightning strikes over the past two days, officials said on Wednesday.