Floods and landslides kill more than 100 people across northern India and Nepal
Heavy rainfall over three days triggered severe flooding and landslides across northern India and Nepal, killing at least 81 people in Uttar Pradesh and 21 in Nepal. Schools were closed, over 1,000 houses were damaged, and rescue teams evacuated residents from affected areas as weather conditions were expected to gradually improve. This disaster adds to Nepal's difficulties as the country continues to recover from a catastrophic glacial flood in August that claimed more than 1,400 lives.
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Officials in northern India's Uttar Pradesh state reported on Monday that at least 81 people had been killed and 46 injured following three days of intensive rainfall that caused widespread flooding and damaged more than 1,000 houses across several districts. Schools were shut down in parts of the state, including the capital Lucknow, while rescue teams relocated residents from flooded areas. Authorities warned people to avoid waterlogged roads and fast-flowing rivers.
A senior meteorologist in Lucknow predicted that rainfall would ease from Monday as a weather system over the Bay of Bengal weakened, though light rain could continue in eastern and western parts of the state. Flooding also affected Odisha, an eastern state where more than 75,000 people were evacuated to safer locations.
In neighbouring Nepal, the country's disaster management agency reported 21 deaths from weather-related incidents between Thursday and Sunday, with five people still missing and five injured. Floods and landslides destroyed 194 houses. This latest disaster adds further pressure to a nation still recovering from a devastating glacial flood in August that killed more than 1,400 people and left nearly 6,000 missing.
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