The death toll after three days of heavy rainfall in Nepal –resulting in landslides and floods– increased today, Wednesday, after rescuers retrieved another 34 bodies, authorities said.
Twenty-four deaths were reported in the area Panstar, in eastern Nepal, on the border with India, 13 in neighboring Ιλάμ and 12 at Dotty in western Nepal, said Interior Minister Dil Kumar Tamang. In total, the death toll in the country reached 77.
The ministry also stated that 22 people have been injured and 26 are missing, according to a Reuters report.
Authorities also announced that the government would provide height assistance $ 1,700 to the families of the dead and free care to the injured.
At a distance of about 350 kilometers west of the capital Kathmandu, continuous rainfall hinders the efforts of rescue teams to approach the In what, a village in western Nepal, where 60 people have trapped from the floods for two days.
“Rescuers could not reach the village due to bad weather and rain yesterday. Rescue operations continue “Today, police spokesman Basanda Kunwar told Reuters.
In footage broadcast on television networks, rice fields have been lost under water and torrents of overflowing rivers are sweeping, among other things. bridges, roads, houses.
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