Floods, landslides kill 15 in India, four in Nepal as rivers rise
At least 19 people were killed and 10 workers missing as floods and landslides damaged homes, roads and telecom links, officials said.
- Heavy rainfall triggered floods and landslides that killed 56 people in Uttar Pradesh and 12 in Nepal since Thursday, with 46 injured across the Indian state.
- Relief commissioner Hrishikesh Bhaskar Yashod reported that Uttar Pradesh registered 66.5mm of rain from Friday to Sunday, far exceeding the normal 7.6mm, as a depression over the Bay of Bengal intensified rainfall.
- Authorities warned of possible flash floods in 49 of Nepal's 77 districts as water levels rise, while flooding of the Rahuganga River damaged a 40-megawatt hydropower project, disrupting power and telecommunications.
- More than 70,000 people were evacuated in India's eastern state of Odisha after rivers rose due to heavy downpours, while the Central Water Commission reported 30 river-monitoring stations across seven states in a "severe situation."
- Rescue operations continue in waterlogged areas across the region, even as an avalanche buried the base camp of the 7,126-metre Himlung Himal in northern Nepal, leaving 10 local workers missing.
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Deadly storms in South Asia: Severe rains, floods and landslides have killed at least 70 people in India and Nepal. Dozens of others have been injured or are considered missing. While rescue forces are deployed in flooded areas, the authorities are already warning of further floods.
Exceptional rainfall and landslides resulted in at least 56 casualties in northern India and 12 deaths in neighbouring Nepal Flooding and landslides
There are also many injured. Rescue forces are in action.
Floods and landslides caused some 60 deaths in India and Nepal following heavy rains and storms.
In India and Nepal, at least seventy people have died in the past 48 hours due to the massive amount of rain that has fallen there. As a result, rivers burst their banks and there were also landslides. The northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, which borders Nepal, has been particularly hard hit. 56 of the deaths occurred in India, the others in Nepal. At least 11 people are missing. Local authorities report that more than a thousand homes hav…
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