At least 66 people have been killed in Nepal since early on Friday (Sept 27) as persistent downpours triggered flooding and landslides, closing major roads and disrupting domestic air travel.
Officials said on Saturday (Sept 28), the death toll could rise, with another 69 people reported missing, and 60 injured since Friday morning.
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Officials said on Saturday (Sept 28), the death toll could rise, with another 69 people reported missing, and 60 injured since Friday morning.
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00:00At least 66 people have been killed in Nepal since early on Friday, as persistent downpours
00:07triggered flooding and landslides, closing major roads and disrupting domestic air travel.
00:13Officials said on Saturday the death toll could rise, with another 69 people reported
00:18missing and 60 injured since Friday morning.
00:22Most of the deaths took place in the Kathmandu valley, where the flooding brought traffic
00:26and normal activity to a standstill.
00:29Community workers used helicopters and rubber boats to help people stranded on rooftops
00:34or elevated ground, as some parts of Kathmandu.
00:37Police are working to clear debris and reopen roads after landslides blocked highways in
00:4228 places.
00:44A weather forecasting official in Kathmandu, Binu Maharjan said heavy rains are likely
00:49to continue until Sunday morning and weather is likely to clear after that.
00:54International flights are operating, but many domestic flights have been disrupted.
00:59Hundreds of people die in the monsoon season every year in the landslides and flash floods
01:06common in the mountainous nation.
01:08Authorities said at least 254 people have died and 65 missing in landslides, floods
01:16and lightning strikes since mid-June, when the annual monsoon rains started.