India and Nepal extreme floods, landslides kill over 60 people

India and Nepal extreme floods, landslides kill over 60 people

Monsoon rains, usually from June to September, bring widespread death and destruction every year across South Asia, but the number of fatal floods and landslides has increased in recent years.

Heavy rains trigger floods, landslides killing scores in India’s Darjeeling, Nepal

New Delhi : Floods and landslides unleashed by unrelenting rain in India’s eastern hill region of Darjeeling and neighbouring Nepal killed more than 70 people after washing away homes, roads and bridges, authorities said. In Nepal, the death toll in floods and landslides rose to 50, with the eastern district of Ilam bordering India recording 37 deaths, a spokesperson for the Armed Police Force said. At least 18 people died in Darjeeling and seve…