Record rainfall in northern India and Nepal has resulted in floods and landslides, claiming the lives of at least 80 people or leaving them missing.
According to Yonhap News on September 27, AFP reported that at least 56 people have died in India's Uttar Pradesh due to heavy rain from September 25 to 27.
During this period, Uttar Pradesh received 66.5 mm of rain, nearly nine times the average rainfall of 7.6 mm for the same period. The heavy rainfall was attributed to a low-pressure system that moved inland from the eastern Bay of Bengal. Approximately 1,000 homes were also reported to have been flooded.
The ongoing heavy rain has increased the risk of river flooding. The Central Water Commission of India warned that water levels in major northern rivers, including the Ganges and Gandak rivers, as well as tributaries like the Kosi and Bagmati rivers, have exceeded danger levels.
Uttar Pradesh, home to about 240 million people, is prone to flooding and inundation during the monsoon season from June to September each year.
In neighboring Nepal, at least 14 people have died due to floods and landslides caused by heavy rain since September 24, according to Reuters.
In Palpa, located in southern Rupandehi Province, a landslide buried a house, resulting in the death of a 75-year-old man and leaving his two teenage daughters missing. In Baglung, in northern Gandaki Province, a landslide also buried homes, leading to the deaths of four people, including women and children.
The Nepal National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority issued flash flood warnings for 49 out of the country's 77 districts as water levels in major rivers and streams rose.
Following the heavy rain, avalanches have also occurred in mountainous areas. Local media, Kathmandu Post, reported that an avalanche struck the Himlung Himal Base Camp at an altitude of 7,126 meters in Gandaki Province on the morning of September 27, leaving at least 14 Nepali staff members missing.
* This article has been translated by AI.
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