KATHMANDU, Jul 8 (NNN-XINHUA) – At least 15 more people have been killed in landslides and floods in Nepal, in the past two days, police said, yesterday.
Incessant monsoon rains since Friday evening have created havoc across Nepal, leaving 15 dead, two missing and 17 others injured, in landslides and floods, said Dan Bahadur Karki, spokesperson for the Nepal Police.
He told Xinhua that, at least 125 families have been displaced, hundreds of livestock killed and some highways across the country blocked, due to landslides and floods in the last two days.
Parts of Kathmandu, Nepal’s capital, have been inundated.
As the rainfall is continuing, the loss of lives and property is likely to increase, Karki said.
Previously 48 people had been killed in rain-induced disasters in Nepal since the monsoon season set in on Jun 10.– NNN-XINHUA
