Kathmandu, July 26
Floods and landslides triggered by incessant monsoon rain in the last few weeks have claimed 111 lives in Nepal, the government said on Friday.
In a statement, the Ministry of Home Affair’s Emergency Centre said while 40 people have gone missing, 67 have been injured by floods and landslides across the country.
Government figures show that property worth over a billion rupees have been destroyed in the disasters, which have affected 64 of the 76 districts.
