{"id":23979,"date":"2024-09-29T10:18:41","date_gmt":"2024-09-29T10:18:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/?p=23979"},"modified":"2024-09-29T10:18:41","modified_gmt":"2024-09-29T10:18:41","slug":"at-least-100-people-killed-in-nepal-floods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/2024\/09\/at-least-100-people-killed-in-nepal-floods\/","title":{"rendered":"At least 100 people killed in Nepal floods"},"content":{"rendered":"

MONITORING (SW) – Major floods and landslides in Nepal have killed at least 100 people across the Himalayan nation, officials have reported.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Dozens more were still missing on Sunday after two days of intense rainfall, which has inundated the valley around the capital Kathmandu.<\/p>\n

People have been left stranded on rooftops with workers carrying out rescuers on rafts. Thousands of homes near rivers have also been flooded and many highways blocked, reported BBC.<\/p>\n

Despite rain forecast to continue to Tuesday, there were signs of some easing on Sunday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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So far, more than 3,000 people have been rescued according to a government spokesman.<\/p>\n

But flash floods, along with landslides, have caused many deaths.<\/p>\n

Five people, including a pregnant woman and a four-year-old girl, died when a house collapsed under a landslide in the city Bhaktapur, to the east of Kathmandu, state media reports.<\/p>\n

Two bodies were removed from a bus buried by a landslide in Dhading, west of Kathmandu. Twelve people, including the driver, were said to be onboard.<\/p>\n

Six football players were also killed by a landslide at a training center operated by the All Nepal Football Association in Makwanpur, to the south-west of the capital.<\/p>\n

Others have been swept up in the floodwaters. In one dramatic scene, four people were washed away by the Nakkhu River in the southern Kathmandu valley.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Monsoon season brings floods and landslides every year in Nepal.<\/p>\n

Scientists say, though, that rainfall events are becoming more intense due to climate change.<\/p>\n

A warmer atmosphere can hold more moisture, while warmer ocean waters can energize storm systems, making them more erratic.<\/p>\n

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