Flash floods kill scores in Nepal, India
Flash floods and landslides have killed at least 68 people in Nepal in the past three days and another 15 are missing, local authorities said on Thursday (July 28). Rescue teams of soldiers and police personnel used rubber boats and helicopters to rescue people from rooftops and trees, Yadav Koirala, spokesman for Nepal’s home ministry, said. Some waded through waist-deep water with women and children, police said. In the...
Nepal landslides kill 11 after heavy rains
Landslides triggered by heavy rains killed 11 people in western Nepal on Tuesday (Jul 5), including a teenage boy and four young girls, police said. An overnight downpour sent mud and stones hurtling down the slopes of the hilly district of Pyuthan, burying two houses in two different villages around dawn. “Eight people from two different families were found dead after their homes were buried by landslides due to torrential...
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