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According to the media reports, the flood caused by the release of approximately 6.61 lakh cusecs of water from the Birpur Barrage of the Koshi river is one of the most disastrous in the history of floods in Bihar. Local residents said that they had seen this type of large amount of water 56 years ago in the Koshi river. [3]
At least 66 people have been killed in Nepal since early on Friday as persistent downpours triggered flooding and landslides, closing major roads and disrupting domestic air travel, officials said ...
At least 192 people died and 32 were still missing in two days of incessant rains caused by a low-pressure system in the Bay of Bengal and over areas in India bordering Nepal.
Heavy rains triggered landslides and flash floods killing at least 11 people in the last 36 hours in Nepal and blocking key highways and roads, officials said on Sunday. Eight people were missing ...
Flooding in Nepal coincided with 2024 floods in neighbouring and nearby states of India, such as Uttar Pradesh and Assam. Nepalese weather official Binu Maharjan stated that a low-pressure system lingering over nearby regions of India and over the Bay of Bengal was the primary cause of the increased and prolonged flooding in 2024.
The rising temperatures since August 9, which peaked at 15 °C on the day of the flood, contributed to the outburst. [1] The flood, which occurred suddenly, displaced 135 people, including 40 children. Most residents had already left for Kathmandu or were at the weekly marketplace in Namche. The school was closed for the day, so no students ...
KATHMANDU (Reuters) -Nepal has shut schools for three days after landslides and floods triggered by two days of heavy rain across the Himalayan nation killed 151 people, with 56 missing, officials ...
Flooding in August killed 57 people, left several missing, displaced around 45,000 residents and affected 1.2 million others, as well as damaging over 2,700 shelters. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Damage estimated by the government in Bandarban District was Tk 7 billion (US$63.9 million), though the locals estimated the loss to be over Tk10 billion (US$91.4 ...