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Floods and landslides have been causing damage in western Nepal since the onset of the monsoon. Eleven people were killed and four others were missing in floods and landslides on Wednesday. More than 6,000 families have been inundated.
At least nine people have been killed and four others injured in a landslide in Kalikot district of Karnali province. Similarly, seven persons who went missing in the floods on Tuesday and Monday have not been found.
Two people have died when a landslide buried their house in Dang of State-5. A mother died in a landslide in Bangalachuli village municipality-5 of Dang district on Tuesday night.
Similarly, four people have gone missing in floods and landslides in the far west. Three people have gone missing in Kailali and one in Bajura due to landslides.
6 thousand 23 families have been inundated in Kailali. According to the District Administration Office, 2,000 of them have been displaced.
The landslide that fell at 4 am on Wednesday has buried the house of Ganga Budha of Narharinath Village Municipality-7. The deceased have been identified as Gange Budha, 62, his wife Maina, 62, daughter-in-law Usha, 24, daughter Vimala, 18, granddaughter Chandrika, 10, grandchildren Ram Budha, 7, and one-and-a-half-year-old Charitra. Explained.
As soon as people got the news of the landslide, they rushed to the rescue. Four other members of Ganga's family have been rescued. DSP Olia said that they sustained minor injuries.
Similarly, 65-year-old Bale Budha and his wife Mana Budha, 62, died when a landslide destroyed their house at Narharinath-4 on Tuesday night. According to the District Police Office, their bodies were found on Wednesday morning.
Similarly, Avisara Shahi, 50, of Khandachakra Gaonpalika-6, Dahan, went missing after being swept away by the flood in Takulla River on Tuesday afternoon.
Five persons who went missing after a landslide buried their house in Raskot Municipality-1 on Monday night have not been found. Jaya Bahadur Shahi, 50, his daughters Sangita, 15, Kausi, 12, son Navin, 8, and Asmita, 15, have gone missing after being buried by a landslide while they were sleeping.
The district police said that they were searching for him and could not find him till Wednesday. Paras Bhandara, 16, of Narharinath Village Municipality-8, who went missing in a landslide on Sunday, has not been found.
