At least 26 killed in Nepal Rains/landslides
Pastor Dale Morgan
At least 26 killed in Nepal Rains/landslides*
KATHMANDU (AFP) - - At least 26 people have been killed in landslides
triggered by torrential monsoon rains in western Nepal, officials said
on Friday.
At least 26 people have been killed in landslides triggered by
torrential monsoon rains in western Nepal, officials said on Friday.
"Twenty one people were swept away by landslides Thursday night in three
areas of Gwalichaur village," said Surya Bhandari, the chief local
official from Baglung district 180 kilometres (110 miles) west of the
capital Kathmandu.
Six people remain missing and are feared dead after the landslides in
the early hours of Friday morning, Bhandari said.
"Army helicopters have been mobilised to search for survivors," in the
remote region, the official said, adding seven houses were destroyed in
the landslides.
Another five people were killed Thursday night in a landslide in Bartola
village in Bajura district, 420 kilometres west of the capital, police
official Binod Thapa told AFP.
"Only two bodies have been recovered so far, but we know the other three
missing people are dead," Thapa said.
Dozens of people in Nepal die annually in the monsoon, some from
landslides, and others from flooding.