Heavy rains in triggered landslides, lightning, and flash floods killing at least 22 people and left 12 missing, officials said on Sunday.
Eighteen people died and seven remain missing after multiple villages were swept away in the eastern Ilam district bordering India, police spokesperson Binod Ghimire said.
Six members of one family were crushed when a landslide buried their home overnight, local officials added.
Authorities said 114 people had been rescued, Ilam’s assistant administrative officer Bholanath Guragai said, though continued rainfall and blocked roads were hampering relief efforts.
Meanwhile, three people were killed by lightning strikes in southern Nepal and one person died in flooding in Udayapur district.
Landslides cut off Kathmandu
“Domestic flights are largely disrupted but international flights are operating normally,” Rinji Sherpa, a spokesperson for Kathmandu airport told Reuters.
Major highways linking Kathmandu to other regions were shut after landslides destroyed or blocked . Floods also inundated many houses in the capital.
The weather department warned that rain is likely to continue until Monday, following which declared a national holiday till then.
Last year around the same time, and landslides time killed 224 people and left 158 injured.
Edited by: Wesley Dockery
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