Nepal urges evacuation after massive river flood

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 11 Oct, 05:24 · Archive

Nepali authorities have urged villagers to evacuate after a landslide blocked a river, causing downstream flooding that swept away houses and bridges.

Nepali authorities have urged villagers to move to safer places after a massive flood in the central part of the country swept away several houses and infrastructure. A dry landslide in Chumnubri village in Gorkha district, about 100km west of Kathmandu, blocked the Budhi Gandaki River, leading to downstream flooding, authorities said on Sunday.

According to Dharmendra Kumar Mishra, the Gorkha district's most senior bureaucrat, several houses and two suspension bridges had been swept away, and a hydroelectric project was damaged by the flood. There were no reports of any casualties. The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority alerted people living along the river in the Gorkha, Tanahun, Chitwan, East Nawalparasi and West Nawalparasi districts about the flood.

Army and police rescue personnel had reached the area and were monitoring the situation from a helicopter. The Budhi Gandaki is a tributary of the Trishuli River, downstream from another tributary where a glacier collapse caused a catastrophic flood in August that killed 1,457 people, with thousands still missing.

How it is being reported

• Nepal urges villagers to evacuate after massive floodNepal's disaster management authority has issued an urgent flood warning after a river swept away several houses and infrastructure.Perth Now · 11 Oct, 04:53
• Nepal urges villagers to evacuate after massive floodNepal's disaster management authority has issued an urgent flood warning after a river swept away several houses and infrastructure.The West Australian · 11 Oct, 04:53

In this story: Nepal · Gorkha · Kathmandu · Budhi Gandaki River · Chumnubri · Dharmendra Kumar Mishra · National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority

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