Nepal witnesses 4,600 disaster-related incidents in six months
Nepal witnessed as many as 4,597 disaster-related incidents in the last six-and-half months.
The incidents were recorded since the New Year, 2082. A total of 335 persons lost lives in the disasters.
Spokesperson at National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA), Shanti Mahat, informed that 41 persons had gone missing while 1,264 were injured in the landslides and floods during this period.
NDRRMA documented 316 floods where 37 lost lives, while 27 persons went missing. Similarly, 67 persons were killed in 550 landslides.
Other incidents causing human and physical loss are lightning, snakebite, animal attack, fire, avalanche and storm.
Montha cyclone weakening
The Montha cyclone originated from the Bay of Bengal is gradually weakening. However, clear weather is awaited.
The cyclone had impacted the weather across the country.
The Department of Hydrology and Meteorology has predicted light rainfall and snowfall in few places of Koshi, Bagmati and Gandaki Provinces. Similarly, the hilly region will be partly cloudy.
Both the westerly wind and the low-pressure belt formed in the Arabian Sea have a strong impact in our system at present.
It will be generally cloudy in Koshi, Bagmati and Gandaki Provinces during the day, while some hilly regions and Madhes Province will be partly cloudy.
Remaining places are predicted to have clear weather.
Rain, snowfall likely in Koshi, Bagmati and Gandaki today
Nepal is currently experiencing the influence of western winds and a low-pressure system formed in the Arabian Sea.
The Meteorological Forecasting Division stated that the Koshi, Madhesh, Bagmati, Gandaki and Lumbini Provinces will generally be cloudy, while the remaining provinces will have partly cloud cover.
This afternoon, a few places in Bagmati, Gandaki and Lumbini Provinces, some places in Koshi and Madhesh Provinces, and one or two places in Karnali Province are likely to receive light rain.
The Division has indicated that a few places in the high hill and mountainous areas of Koshi, Bagmati and Gandaki Provinces may receive moderate snowfall, and one or two places in the high hill and mountainous areas of Karnali Province may experience light snowfall.
Tonight, Koshi, Bagmati and Gandaki Provinces will generally be cloudy, while the remaining provinces will have partly cloudy skies.
A few places in the hilly and mountainous areas of Koshi, Bagmati and Gandaki Provinces are likely to experience light rain or snowfall.
Landslide buries tourist in Manaslu area
A landslide buried a foreign tourist in the Manaslu region.
Katerina Raskova (54) from the Czech Republic was buried near Chumanubri-3, her trekking guide Ramesh Bhatta informed.
The incident reportedly took place at around 2 pm today on a cliff a little above the Nyak peak.
“She was buried by a rock that fell from the cliff. Only her head is visible,” he said, “Her husband and I are safe,” Bhatta said.
He said that there was a large group of tourists at the time that the landslide took place.
Assistant Chief District Officer Chitrangad Baral shared that police have been sent to the site for rescue.
