Landslides sweep away Nepali villages, leaving 44 dead
Authorities reported that floods triggered by landslides, a lighting strike and heavy rainfall killed at least 44 people in Nepal and that five other people are missing.
Nepal’s National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Administration said that those killed contain at least 37 people in the Eastern Mountain Region, where all villages are sweeping by landslides.
A few people are still missing.
Since Friday, heavy rainfall has been reported in the region, which has limited India and is known to grow tea.
Illam’s Deputy Administrative Officer Bholalanath Gurbai said that six people in the same family were killed when he crushed their homes while he was asleep.
The rainfall prevented efforts to reach the villages, and many ways were sweeping or blocked by landslides.
The government said that helicopters also carry people in need of medical evacuation and help land troops to carry people to safer areas.
In a neighboring area, another person was killed in landslides.
Three people in another region were killed while being influenced by lightning, three people died in South Nepal.
While the Nepal government closed the Great Highways, a serious rainfall warning in the eastern and middle regions of the country between Saturday and Saturday.
All internal flights were grounded by aviation officials due to heavy rainfall and weak visibility on Saturday, but reopened on Sunday.
The large highways connecting the capital Kathmandu to other areas were closed by the authorities because some parts were blocked by landslides and others were closed as a precautionary measure.
Until Sunday evening, a route was partially opened for traffic.
The blockage and transportation of the roads came on their way back to Kathmandu, after celebrating Dashain, the largest festival in Himalaya.
Thursday was the main day of the two -week festival where people traveled to home villages to be with their families.
While evaluating the situation, highways were blocked by vehicles on Sunday.
Some areas near the river in Kathmandu were flooded, but great damage or losses were not reported.
The government declared a public holiday until Monday due to heavy rainfall.
Last year, floods and landslides also killed 224 people and 158 people were injured.
Surrounded by Nepal, surrounded by land on three sides, the neighboring India offered help.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the loss of life and damage caused by heavy rains in Nepal in the social platform X is sad.
“We are standing with the Nepal people and the government at this difficult time,” he said.
“As a friendly neighbor and the first intervention, India is determined to provide any help that may be necessary.”
Heavy rainfall at the weekend, Nepal usually began in June and ended until mid -September came to the end of the monsoon season.
