Incessant monsoon rain across Nepal has left at least two people dead and displaced hundreds of others, media reports
said Saturday.
At least five districts in western and southern Nepal were hard hit by
flooding, caused by several days of heavy rains, Himalayan Times newspaper
reported.
Two people were swept away Jyamire River after heavy monsoon rain caused flash
floods in Dailekh district, about 350 kilometres west of the Nepalese capital Kathmandu, the newspaper said.
Hundreds of people have been affected by flash floods and landslides in other
parts of the country.
In Saptari district, about 350 kilometres south-east of Kathmandu, at least 1,000 people were forced to leave their homes in Gobargadha villages after
flood water inundated their village.
Landslides and falling debris also blocked several key highways across the
country halting traffic, the newspaper said.
The flash floods also inundated hundreds of hectares of farmland, destroying or
damaging standing crops.
The country's meteorological department said this year's monsoon had been
particularly active in western Nepal for the past one week.
"Monsoon has spread across the country more quickly than its normal
trend," the meteorological office said. "It is the swiftest movement
of the system for several years covering the whole country in just three
days."
The meteorological department said some places in western Nepal had received as
much as 250 millimetres of rain in just a few days, well above the climate
normal.
Hundreds of people die in monsoon related disasters across Nepal each year.
Nepal receives nearly 80 per cent of its total annual rainfall during the
four-month monsoon season that lasts from June to late September. Rainfall is often heavy causing landslides and flash floods, dpa reported.