Thirty-five people were killed in separate landslides in the Ilam district in the east bordering India, said Kalidas Dhauboji, a spokesperson for the Armed Police Force.
“Rescue efforts for the missing persons are going on,“ said Shanti Mahat, a National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority spokesperson in Nepal.
“Seven dead bodies have already been recovered from the debris. We have information about two more people. Work is being done to recover their bodies too,“ Abhishek Roy, a Darjeeling district police official said on Sunday, according to a post from Indian news agency ANI on social media platform X.
“Domestic flights are largely disrupted but international flights are operating normally,“ said Rinji Sherpa, a spokesperson for Kathmandu airport, Nepal’s biggest international gateway.
Dharmendra Kumar Mishra, district governor of Sunsari district, said all 56 sluice gates of the Koshi Barrage had been opened to drain out water compared with about 10 to 12 during a normal situation, adding that authorities had banned vehicular traffic on the bridge.
Hundreds of people die every year in landslides and flash floods that are common in mostly mountainous Nepal during the monsoon season, which normally starts in mid-June and continues through mid-September.
Weather officials said rains were likely to lash the Himalayan nation until Monday and authorities said they were taking “maximum care and precautions” to help people affected by the disaster - REUTERS
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