{"id":108351,"date":"2024-09-29T13:33:50","date_gmt":"2024-09-29T06:33:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=108351"},"modified":"2024-09-29T13:33:50","modified_gmt":"2024-09-29T06:33:50","slug":"66-dead-and-dozens-missing-in-floods-and-landslides","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=108351","title":{"rendered":"66 dead and dozens missing in floods and landslides"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure>\n<div data-component=\"image-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 ejjhCR\">\n<div data-testid=\"hero-image\" class=\"sc-a34861b-1 jxzoZC\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/bbcx\/grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 cOpVbP hide-when-no-script\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/6bff\/live\/55a7ef80-7db0-11ef-81e9-492d3670cee3.jpg.webp 240w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/6bff\/live\/55a7ef80-7db0-11ef-81e9-492d3670cee3.jpg.webp 320w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/6bff\/live\/55a7ef80-7db0-11ef-81e9-492d3670cee3.jpg.webp 480w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/640\/cpsprodpb\/6bff\/live\/55a7ef80-7db0-11ef-81e9-492d3670cee3.jpg.webp 640w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/6bff\/live\/55a7ef80-7db0-11ef-81e9-492d3670cee3.jpg.webp 800w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1024\/cpsprodpb\/6bff\/live\/55a7ef80-7db0-11ef-81e9-492d3670cee3.jpg.webp 1024w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1536\/cpsprodpb\/6bff\/live\/55a7ef80-7db0-11ef-81e9-492d3670cee3.jpg.webp 1536w\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/6bff\/live\/55a7ef80-7db0-11ef-81e9-492d3670cee3.jpg.webp\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"Reuters A police personal carries an injured woman from an inflatable raft after being rescued from a flooded area near the bank of the overflowing Bagmati River in Kathmandu, Nepal\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 efFcac\"\/><span class=\"sc-a34861b-2 fxQYxK\">Reuters<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><figcaption class=\"sc-8353772e-0 cvNhQw\">The death toll is likely to rise as the rain is forecast to persist until Tuesday<!-- --><\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">At least 66 people have died and 69 others are missing, officials say, after intense rainfall in Nepal caused flooding and landslides.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The death toll in the South Asian nation is likely to rise as the rains &#8211; which have predominantly affected the valley surrounding the capital, Kathmandu &#8211; are expected to persist through to Tuesday.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Thousands of homes situated near rivers have been flooded and most highways have been blocked, while video footage has emerged of people stranded on rooftops.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The volume of rainfall within a short timespan &#8211; over 200mm (7.9in) since Friday evening &#8211; has inundated almost all rivers in the Kathmandu valley, where many of the deaths have occurred.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Landslides have also caused a number of the fatalities.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Five people, including a pregnant woman and a four-year-old girl, died when a house collapsed due to a landslide in Bhaktapur, to the east of Kathmandu, state media reports.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Two bodies have been removed from a bus buried by a landslide in Dhading, west of Kathmandu. Twelve people, including the driver, were said to be onboard.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Six football players were also killed by a landslide at a training centre operated by the All Nepal Football Association in Makwanpur, to the south-west of the capital.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Others have been swept up in floodwaters.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">In one dramatic scene, four people desperate to be rescued were washed away by the Nakkhu River in the southern Kathmandu valley. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">&#8220;For hours, they kept on pleading for help,&#8221; Jitendra Bhandari, an eyewitness, told the BBC. &#8220;We could do nothing.&#8221;<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Three of those people were rescued downstream, but one is still missing.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Hari Om Malla lost his truck after it was submerged by water in Kathmandu.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">He told the BBC that water had &#8220;gushed&#8221; into the cabin as the rain intensified on Friday night.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">&#8220;We jumped out, swam, and got away from it &#8211; but my purse, bag and mobile have been swept away by the river. I have nothing now. We stayed the whole night in the cold.&#8221;<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure>\n<div data-component=\"image-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 jFCfG\">\n<div data-testid=\"image\" class=\"sc-a34861b-1 jxzoZC\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/bbcx\/grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 cOpVbP hide-when-no-script\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/3f13\/live\/afd0fd80-7db0-11ef-81e9-492d3670cee3.jpg.webp 240w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/3f13\/live\/afd0fd80-7db0-11ef-81e9-492d3670cee3.jpg.webp 320w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/3f13\/live\/afd0fd80-7db0-11ef-81e9-492d3670cee3.jpg.webp 480w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/640\/cpsprodpb\/3f13\/live\/afd0fd80-7db0-11ef-81e9-492d3670cee3.jpg.webp 640w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/3f13\/live\/afd0fd80-7db0-11ef-81e9-492d3670cee3.jpg.webp 800w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1024\/cpsprodpb\/3f13\/live\/afd0fd80-7db0-11ef-81e9-492d3670cee3.jpg.webp 1024w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1536\/cpsprodpb\/3f13\/live\/afd0fd80-7db0-11ef-81e9-492d3670cee3.jpg.webp 1536w\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/3f13\/live\/afd0fd80-7db0-11ef-81e9-492d3670cee3.jpg.webp\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Reuters Security personnel use an inflatable raft to bring residents to safety from a flooded area near the bank of the overflowing Bagmati River following heavy rains, in Kathmandu, Nepal\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 efFcac\"\/><span class=\"sc-a34861b-2 fxQYxK\">Reuters<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><figcaption class=\"sc-8353772e-0 cvNhQw\">More than 2,000 people have been rescued so far<!-- --><\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">So far, more than 2,000 people have been rescued from floodwaters, while at least 200 houses have been damaged, according to the state-run Radio Nepal.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The Nepalese home affairs ministry said that as of Saturday, 60 people had been injured.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Private houses, offices, shopping centres, hospitals and police posts were seen inundated in videos posted in social media.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Government spokesperson Prithvi Subba Gurung told the state-run Nepal Television Corporation that the flooding had also broken waterpipes, and affected telephone and power lines.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">According to state media, 10,000 police officers, as well as volunteers and members of the army, have been mobilised as part of search and rescue efforts.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The Nepalese government urged people to avoid unnecessary travel, and banned road travel at night in the Kathmandu valley to minimise road accidents. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Most highways &#8211; including the ones connecting Kathmandu valley with the rest of the country &#8211; have been blocked in several places. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Air travel was also affected on Friday and Saturday, with many domestic flights delayed or cancelled.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Monsoon season brings tragic floods and landslides every year in Nepal. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Scientists say, though, that rainfall events are becoming more intense due to climate change.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">A warmer atmosphere can hold more moisture, while warmer ocean waters can energise storm systems, making them more erratic.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c0qz82e7d1jo\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reuters The death toll is likely to rise as the rain is forecast to persist until Tuesday At least 66 people have died and 69 others are missing, officials say, &hellip; 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