Over 100 killed in floods and landslides across northern India and Nepal
Severe torrential rain over three days triggered widespread flooding and landslides in northern India and Nepal, killing at least 81 people in India's Uttar Pradesh state and 21 in Nepal. Tens of thousands of residents were evacuated from both countries as authorities responded to the disaster. Nepal continues to recover from catastrophic August floods that claimed more than 1,400 lives.
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At least 81 people have been killed in India's Uttar Pradesh state following three days of torrential rain that triggered extensive flooding, according to state officials on Monday. The disaster also left 46 people injured and destroyed over 1,000 homes. Schools were closed throughout the state, including in the capital Lucknow, while rescue teams evacuated residents from inundated districts.
In the neighbouring state of Odisha, authorities moved more than 75,000 people to safety as floodwaters continued to spread. Across the border in Nepal, the situation was similarly severe, with 21 people killed in weather-related incidents during the same period. Five people remain missing and five others were injured, while floods and landslides damaged 194 houses, according to Nepal's disaster management agency.
The current disaster compounds Nepal's difficulties, as the country is still recovering from catastrophic floods in August that killed more than 1,400 people and left nearly 6,000 missing. Meteorologists indicated that rainfall is expected to decrease as a weather system over the Bay of Bengal weakens, though light rain could continue into Tuesday in the eastern and western parts of Uttar Pradesh.
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