Floods and landslides claim 14 lives in Nepal: police

“The police are working with other agencies and the local community to find the missing people,” Nepalese police spokesman Dan Bahadur Karki told AFP.

The dead and missing are in several locations.

The monsoon rains from June to September bring death and destruction to South Asia every year, but the number of deadly floods and landslides has increased in recent years.

According to experts, climate change and increased road construction are exacerbating the problem.

Heavy rainfall has been occurring in parts of Nepal since Thursday, prompting the Himalayan state’s disaster management authorities to warn of flash floods in several rivers.

There are reports of flooding from several districts in the lowland regions bordering India.

Last month, 14 people were killed in Nepal in violent storms that caused landslides, lightning strikes and floods.

In India, the northeastern state of Assam has been hit by floods. Six people have died in the last 24 hours, the Assam disaster management authority said on Sunday.

This brings the number of deaths caused by the rains since mid-May to 58.

In low-lying Bangladesh downstream from India, more than two million people were affected by flooding, according to the disaster management agency.

Large parts of the country consist of deltas where the Himalayan rivers Ganges and Brahmaputra flow towards the sea after crossing India.

The summer monsoon provides South Asia with 70–80 percent of its annual rainfall.

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