Landslide kills five in Nepal
Wednesday - August 29, 2018 12:42 pm ,
Category : WORLD
Kathmandu Aug 29 (IANS) Five members of a family were killed and one person was injured after the wall of their house collapsed due to landslide triggered by incessant rainfall at Setogurans in Bagachaur Municipality of Nepal s Salyan District police said on Wednesday.
A 40-year-old man his wife 35 his two daughters 6 and 7 respectively and a four-year-old son were sleeping when the incident happened Birendra Bahadur Shahi police chief of Salyan told Xinhua.
One person was rescued he said.
Nepal s Department of Hydrology and Meteorology has issued a warning across the country to remain on high alert amid heavy rainfall.
The flood forecasting division has also sounded a flood warning.
--IANS anp/sed
A 40-year-old man his wife 35 his two daughters 6 and 7 respectively and a four-year-old son were sleeping when the incident happened Birendra Bahadur Shahi police chief of Salyan told Xinhua.
One person was rescued he said.
Nepal s Department of Hydrology and Meteorology has issued a warning across the country to remain on high alert amid heavy rainfall.
The flood forecasting division has also sounded a flood warning.
--IANS anp/sed
