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Heavy rain on October 4 inundated at least 450 houses in Jhapa. 

District Police Office Spokesperson Deputy Superintendent of Police, Khagendra Bahadur Khadka, said the rescue efforts are underway with the help of the Nepal Police, Armed Police Force  personnel and the locals.

So far, 100 families have been safely evacuated.  

Similarly, flooding from the local Kali Stream at Mechinagar-6 disrupted the traffic along the East-West Highway. 

Similarly, the flooded Sukuna River swept a culvert pipe, further affecting the transportation. 

According to Spokesperson Khadka, efforts are in place to resume the traffic. 

The Thulo Mai River entered the settlement, displacing 140 people of 56 households. They have shifted to local Kuwadi Secondary School. 

Similarly, the Mai River inundated 350 houses at Shibasatakshi-4, 5, 6 and 7. 

The river has also affected the settlements in Jhapa-1, 6 and 7.

Likewise, some 25 families have been taking shelter with their relatives after being displaced by the flood in Bhadrapur municipality-15. 

A settlement between the Sattighatta and Jyamiregadhi in Mechinagar-15 has been waterlogged, putting around 25 houses at risk.

Landslides, a lighting strike and flooding triggered by severe rainfall killed at least 22 people in Nepal and 12 others were reported missing on Sunday, officials said, Associated Press reported.

Several villages in Nepal’s eastern mountain district of Illam were swept away by landslides on Sunday, killing at least 18 people and leaving seven others missing, Nepal police spokesman Binod Ghimire said.

Six people in the same family were killed when a landslide crushed their home while they slept, Illam’s assistant administrative officer Bholanath Guragai said.

Rainfall was hampering efforts to reach the villages and many roads were swept away or blocked by the landslides. Guragai said helicopters from the central government were needed for medical evacuations, according to Associated Press.

Three other people in a separate district were killed as they were struck by lighting and one person died in flooding in southern Nepal.

Six persons died and six others were injured when a Bolero jeep they were travelling in met with an accident at Kattike in Kummyak Rural Municipality-3 along the Tamor Corridor, Panchthar on Saturday.

The incident occurred when the jeep (Me 1 J 3055) en route to Dharan from Mikwakhola Rural Municipality-4, Sanwa plunged some 300 meters down the road. 

According to Police Inspector Rupesh Tamang, the spokesperson at the District Police Office, the deceased have been identified as 28-year-old Manisha Karki of Urlabari Municipality-8, Morang, 29-year-old Yuna Tamang of Meringden Rural Municipality-5, Taplejung, 33-year-old Dhankumar Chongbang, 32-year-old Abhishek Limbu, 33-year-old Binod Lungwa Limbu of Meringden Rural Municipality-2, and 21-year-old Gita Hangam of Meringden Rural Municipality-4. 

Similarly, the injured have been identified as 22-year-old Mahesh Limbu and 25-year-old Bimal Limbu of Meringden-5, 25-year-old Manu Sanwa Limbu of Mikkakhola Rural Municipality-4, seven-year-old Anish Limbu, son of Santosh Limbu of the same locality, 30-year-old Sanjohang Limbu, and 35-year-old Mahesh Guragain of Itahari Sub-Metropolitan City-7, Sunsari. 

Police said that the injured are receiving treatment at BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan. 

Following continuous rainfall, the water level of the Saptakoshi River has risen significantly today.  Considering the possible risk, all 56 gates of the Koshi Barrage have been opened now. 

As per the water level measurement recorded at 8 am today, when the water flow at the Koshi Barrage reached 330,060 cubic meters per second, 50 gates were already opened. 

At 8:15 am, with the water flow exceeding 335,360 cubic meters per second, all 56 gates were subsequently opened, said Dharmaendra Kumar Mishra, Chief District Officer of Sunsari. 

Continuous monitoring of the river's water level is currently in progress. 

He shared that due to the ongoing rise in water levels, a red light has been activated at the Koshi Barrage as a warning signal, and red flags have been installed as a signal of risk. 

The Saptakoshi Water Measurement Control Room has indicated that the water level has surpassed the risk level. 

Given the heightened risk of flooding in certain areas of Udayapur and Sunsari, Chief District Officer Mishra has advised residents living near the river to stay alert.