At least 11 people killed and 22 were missing after a massive landslide triggered by incessant rainfall swept away eight houses in Nepal’s eastern Sankhuwasabha district, officials said on Sunday.
“Ten bodies were recovered from Marang while one from Thadakhani. Efforts are on to recover missing from Rikh, Kalleni, Ramche, Namruk and Kamdi, eight from Dule of Malika Rural Municipality-7 and three from Takam,” The Kathmandu Post quoted a municipality official as saying.
“Of the injured, four have been taken to Chautara-based district hospital, while another injured has been flown to Kathmandu-based Civil Hospital,” Deputy Superintendent of Police Madhav Prasad Kafle was quoted as saying by The Kathmandu Post.
The bodies of five children, four men, and two women have been recovered from the incident site.
