- Title: Nepal river breaches banks, causes flooding as country lashed by monsoon
- Date: 8th August 2023
- Summary: KATHMANDU, NEPAL (AUGUST 8, 2023) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR OF FLOODED HOUSE VARIOUS OF WOMAN REMOVING WATER FROM FLOODED HOUSE PEOPLE WALKING ON FLOODED STREET VARIOUS OF PARTIALLY SUBMERGED CAR IN FLOOD-AFFECTED AREA FLOODWATER FLOWING (SOUNDBITE) (Nepali) VEGETABLE MARKET DRIVER, AMBAR GOLE, SAYING: “The vegetable market has been completely submerged. We have saved the vehicle here from being submerged. Still, three or four vehicles have been damaged.†VARIOUS OF PEOPLE CLEARING FLOODWATER FROM VEGETABLE MARKET PEOPLE STANDING OUTSIDE FLOODED HOUSE PEOPLE CLEARING FURNITURE FROM FLOODED HOUSE FLOODED STREET VARIOUS OF SWOLLEN RIVER FLOWING PEOPLE STANDING AND WATCHING RIVER SWOLLEN RIVER FLOWING WATER FLOWING RIVER / INUNDATED STREET MUD ON STREET AFFECTED BY FLOOD
- Embargoed: 22nd August 2023 11:40
- Keywords: Kathmandu Nepal flooding kill monsoon rain
- Location: KATHMANDU, NEPAL
- City: KATHMANDU, NEPAL
- Country: Nepal
- Topics: Asia / Pacific,Disaster/Accidents,Floods
- Reuters ID: LVA001307408082023RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:Residents in Nepal's capital struggled with heavy flooding on Tuesday (August 8) after a river breached its banks from monsoon rains lashing the country.
The Bagmati river in the Kathmandu Valley overflowed and flooded its surrounding region, which is home to about four million people.
People were seen trying in the capital trying to bail floodwater out of their homes, while authorities have also asked residents near the eastern Sindhuli River to evacuate as the water level rises.
The rains, which lash the Himalayan nation from June to September, have killed 38 people so far this year, including from landslides.
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