Heavy rain triggered landslides and flash floods, killing at least 11 people over the past 36 hours in Nepal and blocking key highways and roads, officials said on July 7, Report informs referring to The Straits Times.
Eight people were missing, either washed away by floods or buried in landslides, while 12 others were injured and being treated in hospitals, police spokesman Dan Bahadur Karki said.
“Rescue workers are trying to clear the landslides and open the roads,” Senior Superintendent Karki told Reuters, adding that heavy equipment was being used to clear debris.
In south-eastern Nepal, the Koshi river, which causes deadly floods in the eastern Indian state of Bihar almost every year, was flowing above the danger level, a district official said.
“The flow of Koshi is rising and we have asked residents to remain alert about possible floods,” Mr Bed Raj Phuyal, a senior official of Sunsari district where the river flows, told Reuters.
He said that at 9am (11.15am Singapore time), the water flow in the Koshi was 10,449 cubic m per second, more than double its normal flow of 4,248 cubic m per second.