Landslides in Nepal kill 12 people, at least 21 missing

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KATHMANDU: Landslides triggered by torrential rain swept through two villages in Nepal on Sunday (Sep 13), killing at least 12 people, a ...

Rescue workers and residents gather to search for bodies at the scene of a landslide following heavy rains in Bahrabise municipality of Sindhupalchok district, some 90km northeast of Kathmandu on Sep 13, 2020. KATHMANDU: Landslides triggered by torrential rain swept through two villages in Nepal on Sunday , killing at least 12 people, a government official said.

Ten people were killed and 21 are missing after a massive landslide swept away homes and people in Barahbise, 100km east of Kathmandu near the border with the Tibet region of China, Nepali government official Murari Wasti said.Both landslides struck the villages before dawn and people could not escape to safety, rescuers said.The latest fatalities took the death toll from landslides and flash floods in the June to September monsoon season to 314.

 

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