Death toll in floods and landslides reaches 120 since the onset of monsoon
Weather forecast shows receding rain due to moving of the monsoon trough towards south, which is expected to return beginning next week with more rains in Nepal.
A flash flood in Rukum West district on Tuesday morning swept three children and one adult, while injuring seven villagers, officials said.
Eight-year-old Hit Maya Pun, five-year-old Dhanisha Pun, and four-year-old Manisha Sarki were crushed to death in their temporary houses, while 40-year-old Dilli Bahadur Budhathoki has gone missing as the houses were razed to the ground by the flood.
Hundreds of families have been living in tarpaulins, or temporary huts, and old houses damaged by the earthquake. On November 3, a magnitude 6.4 earthquake had rocked Jajarkot and Rukum West killing 153 people and injuring 364 people.
The flooded Gija rivulet swept away six houses and acres of farmlands in Bhimchaur of Ward No 12 of Aathbiskot Rural Municipality. Local authority said a team of Nepal Army and Armed Police Force reached the site for rescue operations.
According to Meteorological Forecasting Division, monsoon has slowed down after a heavy rainfall last week, with chances of moderate rainfall throughout the week. The monsoon trough, which has moved towards south now, will return towards Nepal beginning next week, bringing in heavy rain.
With the latest incident of landslide, death toll in floods and landslides has reached 120 since the onset of monsoon in mid-June.
The latest data released by Nepal Police shows the central and western Nepal were affected the most by incessant rains last week. According to the data, two people died in Kathmandu valley, 22 people in Koshi province, five people in Madhesh province, 15 people in Bagmati province, 38 people in Gandaki province, 23 people in Lumbini province, seven people in Karnali province and eight people in Sudurpaschim province.
A total of 135 people have been injured in floods and landslides, six people are still missing, while 53 people have been rescued within the same period.
The search for missing two passenger buses after a landslide swept them off the highway into Trishuli river on July 12, is still going on. Of 65 passengers of the buses, rescuers recovered 11 bodies from different spots of the river till Monday.
The record shows a total of 182 houses have been inundated. Besides, floods and landslide damaged 213 houses, 79 sheds, 43 bridges, on school and 2 government offices.
A total of 3,652 families have been displaced due to monsoon-induced disaster.
