A woman died and six others are missing after a landslide swept away a house in Bagmati Rural Municipality-5 of Makwanpur district on Tuesday morning.
The mudslide triggered by a heavy downpour buried the house of one Akkal Bahadur Syangtan at around 4am, killing his 55-year-old wife.
Locals rescued the woman and rushed her for treatment. But she breathed her last while undergoing treatment at the local health post, said Sarkesh Ghalan, chair of the rural municipality.
Syangtan, his 22-year-old daughter, 25-year-old son-in-law, two grandchildren and guest, a 16-year-old man of Sindhuli, are missing in the mudslide.
Tek Bahadur Karki, Deputy Superintendent of Police of Makwanpur District Police Office said security personnel have been mobilised for the rescue, adding that the police from the bordering Kavre district are also assisting.
inudates Valley settlements
Several areas in the Valley have been inundated following heavy rainfall since Monday night.
Teku, Thapathali squatter settlements, and Kapan areas within the Capital were flooded due to the incessant downpour.
Similarly, Bhaktapur’s Hanuman Ghat, Ram Mandir, Shanti Niketan School and Siddhi Memorial Women and Children Hospital among other places are waterlogged after water from flooded rivers gushed into the settlement.
The Kathmandu Valley has witnessed heavy rainfall, causing floods in rivers and inundation in riverside settlements.
The Meteorological Forecasting Division said Nepal will witness rainfall for a few more days as the low-pressure trough of the monsoon is north of the average location.
Meanwhile, the Flood Forecasting Division has issued an alert, urging people not to go near the rivers and streams which are swollen following downpours.
Here are photos of waterlogged areas within the Valley captured by the Post’s photojournalists Angad Dhakal, Hemanta Shrestha and Sanjog Manandhar
