China News Service, Kathmandu, August 16 (Reporter Zhang Chenyi) According to data released by the National Disaster Reduction Administration of Nepal on the 16th, two months into the rainy season, 231 people across the country have died due to landslides, floods and other disasters, and 77 others are missing. .
The rainy season in Nepal this year began on June 13. According to Bokrell, director of the National Disaster Reduction Administration of Nigeria, 208 people were injured in related disasters.
Landslides are the disaster that causes the most casualties. According to Bokrell, specifically, 206 people died from landslides, 4 people died from floods, and 21 people died from lightning strikes. At the same time, 66 people were missing in the landslide and 161 people were injured in the landslide.
Bockriel said that among the 77 regions of the country, about 60 regions suffered related disasters during the rainy season this year. Among them, Sinduparchok in northern Nepal and Moyagedi in central Nepal were more severely affected. A landslide in the Lidi area of Sinduparchok County on the morning of August 14 has so far left 19 people dead and 20 missing.
Analysts said that concentrated rainfall in the rainy season, fragile mountains in mountainous areas, and weak disaster relief capabilities are the main factors leading to casualties.
The Meteorological Department predicts that Nepal’s rainy season this year will end on September 23. (Finish)