Floods, landslides kill at least 35 in Nepal-local media

Record ID: 1693113

  • Title: Floods, landslides kill at least 35 in Nepal-local media
  • Date: 12th October 2022
  • Summary: BARDIYA, NEPAL (OCTOBER 12, 2022) (ANI - No use India) FLOODED LAND WITH PARTIALLY SUBMERGED TREES VARIOUS OF PARTIALLY SUBMERGED HOUSES DAMAGED SHED SUBMERGED IN FLOODWATER FLOOD VICTIMS WALKING ON ANKLE-DEEP FLOODWATER HOLDING STICKS CHILDREN PEEKING OUT OF WINDOW WITH ONE OF THEM CLICKING PHOTOGRAPHS FLOOD VICTIM WADING THROUGH KNEE-DEEP FLOODWATER WITH STICK SHANTY PARTIALLY SUBMERGED IN FLOODWATER (SOUNDBITE) (Nepali) DISPLACED FLOOD VICTIM, TIKA RAM JOSHI, SAYING: "There is nothing to eat and no place to sleep or stay. I do not know the status of my wife, son, and daughter. I am completely lost. I am completely helpless." FLOODED ROAD BLOCKED FOR ENTRY WITH BAMBOO PARTIALLY SUBMERGED BELONGINGS KEPT OUTSIDE HOUSE FLOOD VICTIMS STANDING ON DOORSTEP OF PARTIALLY SUBMERGED HOUSE PARTIALLY SUBMERGED IN FLOODWATER RESCUE WORKERS CARRYING RAFT
  • Embargoed: 26th October 2022 17:01
  • Keywords: Nepal death death toll floods injured landslides missing
  • Location: BARDIYA, NEPAL
  • City: BARDIYA, NEPAL
  • Country: Nepal
  • Topics: Asia / Pacific,Disaster/Accidents,Floods
  • Reuters ID: LVA001GXVUC7J
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Floods and landslides in Nepal's Bardiya has claimed 35 lives while 12 others remain missing, said local media reports on Wednesday (October 12).
    Several flood victims were displaced and got separated from their homes and family owing to the floods, with around 20 people missing across eight districts.
    "There is nothing to eat and no place to sleep or stay. I do not know the status of my wife, son, and daughter," said a displaced flood victim, Tika Ram Joshi.
    The government has deployed rescue teams including the army and the police to search and rescue the victims.
    The weather department has predicted the downpour to continue till the end of the month.
    Flash floods and landslides are a common occurrence in the mountainous terrain of the Himalayan nation, especially during the annual monsoon rains between June and September.
    However, untimely October rains brought an unprecedented hazard to the residents of Nepal, hundreds of whom became homeless with no sanctuary to seek food and shelter.
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