Landslide kills 26 people in two west Nepal districts
The Associated PressPublished: July 13, 2007
KATMANDU, Nepal: Landslides in two mountainous districts in Nepal have killed at least 26 people and injured 17 more on Friday, officials said.
A landslide hit Goulichaur village, about 280 kilometers (175 miles) west of Katmandu on Friday, killing 21 people, the chief government administrator in Baglung district, Surya Bhandari, told The Associated Press.
Bhandari said 17 people were injured and three more people were reported missing in the landslide, which swept some houses away while others were buried by debris.
An army rescue helicopter with soldiers and Red Cross rescuers was heading to this remote mountainous village to help, Bhandari said, adding that the weather was still not clear. Some soldiers were also sent on foot.
Separately, another landslide killed five people and buried parts of a village in Nepal's mountainous west on Friday, officials said.
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The landslide covered three houses in Bratola village early in the morning while the victims were sleeping, said Bajura district's chief government official, Hum Prasad Adhikari. Rescuers have reached the village and recovered one body.
Adhikari said he was waiting to learn further details from the rescue team.
Bratola is about 500 kilometers (310 miles) northwest of the capital, Katmandu.
Scores of people are killed in the Himalayan nation each year during the rainy season, often by landslides in mountainous areas or flooding in the southern plains.
The Home Ministry in Katmandu said rescue helicopters have been sent to the affected areas loaded with relief materials, medicine and health workers.
Pratap Kumar Pathak, who coordinates natural disaster rescue and relief, said the helicopters would bring injured people to the nearest city of Pokhara, about 200 kilometers (125 miles) west of Katmandu.
Source: The Herald Tribune
Rescuers search for victims buried by western Nepal landslide
The Associated PressPublished: July 14, 2007
KATMANDU, Nepal: Army helicopters dropped dozens of soldiers Saturday near a western Nepal village where a landslide killed at least 21 people and injured several others a day earlier, officials said.
Surya Bhandari, Baglung district's chief government administrator, said the soldiers would help rescuers who had already reached the village of Goulichaur.
The injured people were being airlifted to hospitals, he said.
The landslide hit Goulichaur, about 280 kilometers (175 miles) west of Katmandu, on Friday morning.
Dozens of rescuers including army soldiers, police, Red Cross volunteers and local residents have been digging through the debris since Friday.
Continuing rainfall was making rescue efforts difficult, Bhandari said.
Also Friday, another landslide killed five people and buried three houses in a Bramhatola village, about 500 kilometers (310 miles) northwest of Katmandu.
Scores of people are killed in the Himalayan nation each year during the rainy season by landslides in mountainous areas or flooding in the southern plains.
Source: The Herald Tribune
'Many die' in landslide in Nepal
At least 21 people have been killed in a landslide in western Nepal caused by heavy rains, officials say.
"All victims were swept away by the landslide while they were sleeping," a police officer said, the Reuters news agency reports.
The landslide occurred in the village of Gwalichour in the Baglung district. Rescue workers have been sent to the area with supplies for survivors.
Floods and landslides are common in Nepal during the monsoon season.
Source: BBC News
Nepal landslide kills 21From correspondents in Kathmandu
July 13, 2007 09:30pm
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AT least 21 people, including several women and children, were killed today by a landslide triggered by heavy rains in a village in western Nepal, police said.
The landslide swept away six houses in the Gwalichour village in Baglung district, about 250km west of Kathmandu.
“All victims were swept away by the landslide while they were sleeping,” a police officer said.
Rescue workers have been sent to the remote village with tents, clothes and medicines, another official said.
Hundreds of people are killed in mountainous Nepal every year in floods and landslides, which are common during the annual monsoon rains from June to September
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At least 21 killed in Nepal landslide
KATHMANDU, July 13 (Reuters) - At least 21 people, including several women and children, were killed on Friday by a landslide triggered by heavy rains in a village in western Nepal, police said.
The landslide swept away six houses in the Gwalichour village in Baglung district, about 250 km (155 miles) west of Kathmandu.
"All victims were swept away by the landslide while they were sleeping," a police officer said.
Rescue workers have been sent to the remote village with tents, clothes and medicines, another official said.
Hundreds of people are killed in mountainous Nepal every year in floods and landslides, which are common during the annual monsoon rains from June to September.
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Landslide kills 26 people in Nepal
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AdvertisementLandslides in two mountainous districts in Nepal have killed at least 26 people and injured 17 more, officials said.
A landslide hit Goulichaur village, about 280km west of Kathmandu, killing 21 people, the chief government administrator in Baglung district, Surya Bhandari, told The Associated Press.
Separately, another landslide killed five people and buried parts of a village in Nepal's mountainous west, officials said.
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