Over 100 dead in India and Nepal in floods and landslides
Relief aid is helping civilians stranded following heavy rains in the village of Chhara near Nainital, Uttarakhand on Wednesday, October 20, 2021. AP
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At least 116 people have died in India and Nepal, swept away by floods and landslides triggered by days of heavy rains, and dozens more are missing, according to a new report announced Wednesday, October 20 by the authorities.
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In Uttarakhand in northern India, authorities said 46 people had died in recent days and 11 were missing.
More than 200 people had already died last February during floods in this state particularly exposed to flooding.
In the coastal state of Kerala (south), the head of local government Pinarayi Vijayan has declared a death toll of 39.
At least 30 of them were killed early Tuesday, October 19 in seven separate incidents in the worst-affected Nainital district after a series of landslides and infrastructure collapses caused by a massive downpour.
Five members of the same family were notably buried in their house, said a local official, Pradeep Jain.
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In Nepal, due to bad weather, relief efforts have not been able to reach a village in the west of the country where some sixty residents have been surrounded for two days by water.
Humkala Pandey, head of government disaster management, said: “
In the past three days, flooding and landslides caused by heavy post-monsoon rains have killed 31 people across the country.
Forty-three people are missing
”.
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It is still raining in many places,” she added.
We are still compiling the data in the field.
The death toll could rise further.
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(With agencies)
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