Seven killed in Nepal landslides

Updated: Jun 29th, 2024


Seven people were killed in two landslides in western Nepal today, local officials said.

Five members of one family died after their house was swept away in a landslide in Malika Rural Municipality of Gulmi District.

Devi Ram Aryal, Chairman of the municipality, told a news agency that heavy rain triggered the fatal landslide, and all the bodies had been recovered.

In Phedikhola Rural Municipality of Syangja District, a mother and daughter were killed in a landslide, according to Indra Bahadur Rana, spokesperson for the district police, reports the news agency.

The monsoon season set in Nepal on June 10, and with fresh fatalities, the death toll in rain-related incidents has reached 34.

Earlier, four people died in the landslides in Taplejung district.

(This story was taken from a syndicated feed and was only edited for style by Gujarat Samachar Digital staff)

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