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Published on: 13 Jan, 2021

Heavy rainfalls triggered flooding in Nepal

Published on: 30 September, 2024
A man carrying a sack of flour wades through floodwaters after the Bagmati River overflowed following heavy monsoon rains in Kathmandu. [Prakash Mathema/AFP]

A man carrying a sack of flour wades through floodwaters after the Bagmati River overflowed following heavy monsoon rains in Kathmandu. [Prakash Mathema/AFP]

Flooding in Nepal has left at least 66 dead, 69 reported missing and 60 injured since Friday after heavy rainfalls triggered flooding, landslides and a disruption to multiple modes of movement.

Officials are warning the death toll will rise.

Search and rescue efforts continue with rubber boats and helicopters in the Kathmandu valley which is home to 4 million people, the country’s capital and the worst affected by this round of flooding.

Al Jazeera.