Landslides kill 10 in Baglung, one missing
Summary
Landslides triggered by incessant rainfall in Baglung have killed 10 people and left one missing over the past two days. Floods and landslides have also damaged homes and infrastructure in Tanahun and Devghat.
Key Points
- Ten people have died and one is missing after landslides triggered by nonstop rainfall in Baglung.
- Four people died in Tamankhola Rural Municipality and five in Nisikhola Rural Municipality, with houses swept away and buried in landslides.
- Floods and landslides damaged 24 houses in six local levels of Tanahun, along with a rice mill, a poultry farm and a pigsty.
- Flooding in the Kaligandaki River damaged the Sita Cave area in Devghat, and police rescued a 76-year-old priest.
