New flood in Nepal, river overflows after landslide and destroys houses and bridges: missing

According to the latest data released by the authorities, over 200 homes, five bridges and several hydroelectric plants were damaged. Rescue operations are underway to find the five people missing after a flash flood overwhelmed the Budi Gandaki river valley in the central area of the country

Another flash flood has hit Nepal, sweeping away houses and bridges and damaging a hydroelectric plant along a river in the north-central part of the country. The army said it had rescued 49 people from the affected areas, but five were still missing, the BBC writes online. The flood is believed to have been caused by a landslide upstream of the Budhi Gandaki river in Gorkha district, a major waterway near the capital Kathmandu. Several videos on social media show houses and sheds swept away by the raging river flowing between high mountains. It is not yet clear how many of the small villages in the mountainous area have been affected. So far, four bridges and nearly two dozen houses have been swept away, as has a camp at a hydroelectric plant along the river.

We are looking for five missing people

Rescue operations are underway to find the five people missing after flash floods swept through the Budi Gandaki river valley in central Nepal. The alarm was triggered yesterday after the failure of a dam due to a landslide that blocked the course of the Budi Gandaki river, explained the emergency management authority of the Asian country. Videos posted on social media show a huge wave laden with debris crashing down the mountainside, submerging and sweeping away dozens of buildings downstream.

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Extensive damage to houses, bridges and hydroelectric plants

According to the latest data released by the authorities, over 200 homes, five bridges and several hydroelectric plants were damaged. “The government has taken all necessary measures to restore normalcy in the affected areas and reactivate the damaged infrastructure,” Prime Minister Balendra Shah assured on social media. The flood occurred less than two months after the disaster of August 26, when a gigantic wave of debris, caused by the collapse of a glacier and a portion of the mountain, overwhelmed the Trishuli river valley. The latest official toll from the disaster is over 1,400 dead and more than 5,000 missing.

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Nepal, river floods overwhelm houses and bridges: five missing