Share:At least 10 people have died and one more remains missing after torrential monsoon rains triggered landslides in a mountainous district in Nepal on Friday. Several houses were destroyed in three villages in the Parbat district, some 250 kilometers (155 miles) from the capital Kathmandu. “Five family members were killed when a landslide hit their house on Friday morning,” she said. A 70-year-old woman is still missing, Pandey said, adding that rescue teams have started operations in the affected villages. Landslides and flooding sparked by heavy rainfall claim hundreds of lives in the country every monsoon season, which runs from June to September.

Source: The Nation September 03, 2021 12:00 UTC