Deadly Landslides and Floods Strike Nepal Amid Severe Rainfall
Severe rainfall in Nepal triggered deadly landslides, flash floods, and lightning strikes, killing at least 47 people and leaving 21 missing, disrupting rescue efforts.
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Overview
- Severe rainfall has caused widespread devastation across Nepal's eastern and central regions, triggering numerous landslides, flash floods, and lightning strikes in separate incidents.
- The natural disasters have resulted in at least 47 fatalities, with incidents including six members of one family killed in a landslide while sleeping, highlighting the sudden danger.
- Additionally, at least 21 people are reported missing, and blocked roads due to landslides are significantly hampering rescue operations and medical evacuations, requiring helicopter assistance.
- These severe weather events coincide with the return of hundreds of thousands of people to Kathmandu after celebrating Dashain, potentially increasing the number of affected individuals.
- In response to the crisis, Nepal's Ministry of Home Affairs has declared a national holiday, ensuring emergency services and disaster response teams can operate without hindrance.
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Analysis
Center-leaning sources cover this story neutrally, focusing on factual reporting of a natural disaster in Nepal. They detail the casualties, missing persons, and the impact of landslides, a lightning strike, and flooding. The coverage includes government warnings, infrastructure disruptions, and the timing during a major festival, presenting information without loaded language or overt editorial framing.
"Landslides triggered by severe rainfall hit at least two villages in Nepal's eastern mountains on Sunday, killing at least 11 people and leaving one other missing, officials said."
ABC News"Landslides, a lighting strike and flooding triggered by severe rainfall killed at least 22 people in Nepal and 12 others were reported missing on Sunday, officials said."
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The death toll has been reported variably, with recent sources citing at least 170 to nearly 200 people killed and about 21 to 42 people missing due to the landslides and floods in Nepal.
Eastern and central regions of Nepal, including districts such as Panchthar, Ilam, Doti, and around the Kathmandu Valley, have been severely affected by floods, landslides, and associated damages.
Rescue and relief efforts are hampered by blocked roads due to landslides, disruption of domestic air travel, and the need to use helicopters for accessing stranded people, complicating timely medical evacuations and aid delivery.
The Nepal government has declared a national holiday to enable uninterrupted emergency services, mobilized over 20,000 security personnel for rescue operations, and held emergency meetings to coordinate enhanced relief efforts.
The floods and landslides have damaged over 322 houses, 16 bridges, halted energy production by damaging 26 power projects, blocked major highways at multiple points, and stranded hundreds of people, severely disrupting transportation and electricity supply.
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