(12 Jul 2024)
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Pokhara – 12 July 2204
1. Various of landslide area
2. Various of damaged house
3. Books partially buried area
4. Various of damaged house
5. Television, furniture and clothes outside
6. Wide of people gathered, man carrying sack walking
STORYLINE:
There was widespread damage across Nepal on Friday after at least 60 people were swept into a river by a landslide
A landslide swept two passenger buses carrying at least 60 people into a swollen river in central Nepal early Friday, and continuous rain and more landslides were making rescue efforts difficult.
Three survivors apparently swam to safety, but rescuers by late morning had not found any trace of the buses, which likely were submerged and swept downstream in the Trishuli River.
On Thursday night, a landslide buried a hut and killed a family of seven near the resort town of Pokhara.
The family were asleep when the landslide crushed their hut and damaged three more houses nearby.
Nepal’s rivers generally are fast-flowing due to the mountainous terrain.
Heavy monsoon downpours in the past few days have swollen the waterways and turned their waters murky brown, making it even more difficult to see the wreckage.
More landslides blocked routes to the area in several places, government administrator Khima Nanada Bhusal said.
Additional rescuers and security forces were sent to help with the rescue efforts.
Nepal’s Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal said he was saddened by the news and expressed concern over recent flooding and landslides.
He added that several government agencies were searching for the missing, in a post on the social media platform X.
Monsoon season brings heavy rains to Nepal from June to September, often triggering landslides in the mountainous Himalayan country.
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