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At least 29 people remain missing, while 142 people have been injured in floods and landslides triggered by two days of heavy rain across the country.

At least 66 people have died and 69 are missing in Nepal due to severe floods and landslides triggered by late monsoon rains, with ongoing search and rescue operations amid adverse weather.

With more rain forecasted for the coming days, authorities have issued flood warnings for communities living near major rivers, particularly the Koshi and Gandak rivers, which have surpassed danger levels.

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. 

Search and rescue operations for the missing passengers and the two buses swept off the major highway connecting the Capital into Trishuli river by mudslides on Friday morning has been ineffective in high current river swollen by monsoon rains.

At least 110 people have died in landslides, floods and lightning strikes since mid-June when monsoon rains started.

Monsoon creates havoc in eastern and central Nepal, triggering flash floods and land slides, and inundating hundreds of acres of Land in the plains.