Flashfloods and landslides claim 5 lives
At least five persons have died while a teenage girl has gone missing after being swept away by flashfloods caused by heavy rainfall in many districts of the country for the last couple of days. Floods and landslides have also crippled normal life in many districts as vast swathes of land and various settlements have been inundated due to heavy rainfall.
According to various reports, Sabitri Gharti Magar, 40, of Sewar in Dhikpur VDC, Dang district died after being swept away by a river Wednesday afternoon. Her body was found some 400 meters away from her house. Similarly, Nimraj Khanal, 24, a resident of Matera VDC-3 in the same district was swept away by a flashflood while crossing the Kala stream in Tulsipur Tuesday evening. His dead body was recovered some distance away from his house Wednesday morning.
In another incident, 29-year-old Geeta Pulami of Rauta VDC, Udaypur died when she was buried under a landslide in Tarkhola Wednesday. While 25-year-old Angira Khadka of Ratnabati was swept away and died while crossing the flooded Sokhu river, a teenage girl has gone missing when the river also swept her away, reports said.
In Kohanpur of Banke district, Sashi Poudel, 35, was killed after being trapped in her house in Kohalpur-4 as it collapsed due to flood on Wednesday.
The Kathmandu Post reported that hundreds of local have been rendered homeless in Mahottari as rainfall continue to wreak havoc in the district. Many thatched-roofed houses in the villages have collapsed. Similarly, over 300 houses of Birgunj sub-metropolis have been inundated while scores in other villages in Parsa district have also come under water due to flashfloods. Normal life in Sunsari, Saptari, Chitwan and Surkhet districts has also been affected due to rainfall and flashfloods.
A team from the Area Police Post Narayanpur rescued passengers and salvaged a bus that was on the verge of being swept away by the Patre stream on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, as flashfloods and landslides continue to affect life in many districts, experts at the Department of Water Induced Disaster Prevention (DWIDP) fear that things can get worse as this is just the beginning of monsoon. However, the department has taken no measures to prevent disaster in inundation-prone areas.
“The India-built Laxmanpur, Khurdalautan and several other dams and structures at many border points along rivers flowing from Nepal to India are part of the reason behind the inundation,” Khom Raj Dahal, Deputy Director General of DWIDP told the Kathmandu Post. nepalnews.com ag July 26 07
Floods, rains kill four
Himalayan News Service
Dang, July 25:
Heavy rains and floods in different parts of the country since yesterday have claimed the lives of four persons, while a girl has gone missing after a flooded river in Udayapur swept her away.
The four deaths occurred in Dang, Banke and Udayapur districts. Forty-year-old Sabitra Gharti of Dang’s Dhikpur-2 drowned in the Larena river at noon today. Her body was recovered around 400 metres away from her house, a family source said. The body of 24-year-old Nimraj Khanal of Halwar-3, Matera, who was swept away by the flooded Kalakhola yesterday was found today, the district police, Dang, said.
The Ghorahi-Tulsipur and the Ghorahi-Lamahi road sections were blocked due to loodwaters. According to our Gaighat correspondent, 29-year-old Geeta Pulami of Udayapur’s Rauta VDC Guranse died when she was buried by a landslide. While 25-year-old Angira Khadka of Ratnabati was swept away while crossing the flooded Sokhu river, a teenage girl has gone missing when the river swept her away, police said.
Our Nepalgunj correspondent quoted Banke DSP Kuber Kathayat as saying that a woman — 35-year-old Shashi Poudel — was killed when her house in Kohalpur-4 in Chappargaudi collapsed due to heavy rains today, while hundreds of other households were affected. The Naubastha, Bankatawa, Ganeshpur and Khajura road sections have been inundated. At least 200 houses were under floodwaters in Ganeshpur-5 of Nepalgunj.
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Rains, floods wreak havoc across country; two dead, one missing
Rains, floods wreak havoc across country; two dead, one missing
Kantipur Report
DANG/ MAHOTTARI, July 25 - Heavy rainfall and floods have brought normal life to a standstill in eastern and western Nepal for the third day running.
One person was swept away when a river burst its banks in Dang while many in eastern Nepal were rendered homeless due to rising water levels.
A resident of Halwaar VDC-4, Nimraj Khanal, 24 was found dead Wednesday morning, the District Police Office, Dang said. Khanal was swept away by a flash flood while he was crossing Kala Khola along Ghorahi-Tulispur road Tuesday evening, the police added.
In a separate incident in Sindhuli, a woman went missing this morning, reportedly swept away when she went to bathe in the Sunkoshi River, bordering Sindhuli and Udaypur districts.
She has been identified as 24-year-old Angira Khadka of Ratnawoti VDC.
Normal life in Mahottari district was also severely affected as the monsoon continued to pound the region.
According to our local correspondent, patients in the Jaleshwor District Hospital were stranded after the hospital roof collapsed following heavy rainfall on Tuesday.
At least a dozen villages in Saptari district have been inundated after a dam built in the Saptakoshi River was swept away.
In neighbouring Sunsari district, Mahendranagar, Prakashpur, Madhuwan, Kusaha and some villages were also submerged.
Floods battered and washed away Jyoti Pre-primary School building at Dadhuwaa in Pulachour VDC -7 in Myagdi district on Wednesday.
17 families of the Dalit community in Myagdi were rendered homeless after a landslide occurred at Dholthana in Ghatan VDC.
Similarly, landslides have disrupted transport services in Pyuthan at Dampti Bahane road and Dahawan Tila.
The Katari-Okhaldunga stretch of the Siddhicharan Highway remained obstructed due to the torrential rainfall.
The Hardeni-Udayapur section of the road in Udaypur has also been obstructed after the road section was struck by a landslide. The highway is the only way to transport commodities to Okhaldhunga, Solukhumbu, and other adjoining areas.
Nepalgunj threatened by more floods
One 35-year-old Shashi Poudel died when the roof of his house collapsed due to the heavy rainfall in Chapagaudhi, Kohalpur-4 in Banke on Wednesday evening at around 4:30.
Meanwhile, most parts of Nepalgunj have been flooded.
Roads have been obstructed due rising water levels, in some areas up to 3 feet following continuous rainfall throughout Wednesday.
The Nepalgunj bus park area is under water. Around five homes have been badly affected by the water while some owners have been forced to flee their homes. The Tibhuwan Chowk area has been reportedly inundated up to knee level.
Similarly, Dhambojji, Bageshwori temple premises, Shahid Setu B. K. Chowk, the District Police Office and the dental hospital are also partly submerged.
The locals have asked the government for immediate help.
Posted on: 2007-07-25 05:08:57 (Server Time)
Kantipur Report
DANG/ MAHOTTARI, July 25 - Heavy rainfall and floods have brought normal life to a standstill in eastern and western Nepal for the third day running.
One person was swept away when a river burst its banks in Dang while many in eastern Nepal were rendered homeless due to rising water levels.
A resident of Halwaar VDC-4, Nimraj Khanal, 24 was found dead Wednesday morning, the District Police Office, Dang said. Khanal was swept away by a flash flood while he was crossing Kala Khola along Ghorahi-Tulispur road Tuesday evening, the police added.
In a separate incident in Sindhuli, a woman went missing this morning, reportedly swept away when she went to bathe in the Sunkoshi River, bordering Sindhuli and Udaypur districts.
She has been identified as 24-year-old Angira Khadka of Ratnawoti VDC.
Normal life in Mahottari district was also severely affected as the monsoon continued to pound the region.
According to our local correspondent, patients in the Jaleshwor District Hospital were stranded after the hospital roof collapsed following heavy rainfall on Tuesday.
At least a dozen villages in Saptari district have been inundated after a dam built in the Saptakoshi River was swept away.
In neighbouring Sunsari district, Mahendranagar, Prakashpur, Madhuwan, Kusaha and some villages were also submerged.
Floods battered and washed away Jyoti Pre-primary School building at Dadhuwaa in Pulachour VDC -7 in Myagdi district on Wednesday.
17 families of the Dalit community in Myagdi were rendered homeless after a landslide occurred at Dholthana in Ghatan VDC.
Similarly, landslides have disrupted transport services in Pyuthan at Dampti Bahane road and Dahawan Tila.
The Katari-Okhaldunga stretch of the Siddhicharan Highway remained obstructed due to the torrential rainfall.
The Hardeni-Udayapur section of the road in Udaypur has also been obstructed after the road section was struck by a landslide. The highway is the only way to transport commodities to Okhaldhunga, Solukhumbu, and other adjoining areas.
Nepalgunj threatened by more floods
One 35-year-old Shashi Poudel died when the roof of his house collapsed due to the heavy rainfall in Chapagaudhi, Kohalpur-4 in Banke on Wednesday evening at around 4:30.
Meanwhile, most parts of Nepalgunj have been flooded.
Roads have been obstructed due rising water levels, in some areas up to 3 feet following continuous rainfall throughout Wednesday.
The Nepalgunj bus park area is under water. Around five homes have been badly affected by the water while some owners have been forced to flee their homes. The Tibhuwan Chowk area has been reportedly inundated up to knee level.
Similarly, Dhambojji, Bageshwori temple premises, Shahid Setu B. K. Chowk, the District Police Office and the dental hospital are also partly submerged.
The locals have asked the government for immediate help.
Posted on: 2007-07-25 05:08:57 (Server Time)
Monsoon mayhem continues in eastern Nepal
Monsoon mayhem continues in eastern Nepal
Kantipur Report
MAHOTTARI, July 24 - Hundreds of people have been rendered homeless in eastern Terai while transport services in parts of the western hills have been disrupted due to heavy monsoon rains.
Normal life in Mahottari district has been severely affected due to three days of torrential downpour.
Many parts of the district are flooded, forcing hundreds of people to flee their homes.
The rainfall has not stopped and floods on a lighter scale are still continuing, the police said.
Large parts of the district headquarters at Jaleshwor have been flooded.
In Jaleshwor jail, the water level has soared up to two feet. Jailer Arjun Sharma said, “Inmates are falling sick due to rain-induced colds and lack of proper sleep.”
Similarly, transport services have been severely affected by water logged roads.
Similarly, the southern parts of Sarlahi district have also come under the effect of the heavy rainfall.
“The local administration in Sarlahi district is preparing to tackle any possible natural calamities as the water level in the area has been rising,” an official at the Chief District Office, Sarlahi said from Malangawa.
Around a dozen villages in Rautahat have been submerged under water.
Tejapaakad, Karuniya, Pathara, Budharaam, Akolba, Inaruwa and Bhasedawa among other VDCs have been inundated. The floods have also destroyed thousands of crops.
“The roads have been obstructed,” chief of the Gaur Customs Office Mojhar Allam said. “The revenue collection was nil on Sunday.”
Due to the bad condition of the roads, the import of essential commodities from India has been also affected.
Downpour affects life in Gulmi, Palpa
In western Nepal, roads in Gulmi district have also been affected by the rainfall.
Roads have been swept away by the heavy downpour affecting transport services in the Chaldi-Simaltaari, Ratdada-Paudiamrai, Arjai-Ghamir-Arkhabang, Purkot, Bajhkateri, Gaudakot, Jubhung to Majuwa stretches.
Similarly, the Siddhartha Highway which was blocked due to floods last night has been partly reopened today.
According to our local correspondent, public transport to Siddhababa Dovan in Palpa has resumed.
Source: Kantipur
Posted on: 2007-07-24 03:20:37 (Server Time)
Kantipur Report
MAHOTTARI, July 24 - Hundreds of people have been rendered homeless in eastern Terai while transport services in parts of the western hills have been disrupted due to heavy monsoon rains.
Normal life in Mahottari district has been severely affected due to three days of torrential downpour.
Many parts of the district are flooded, forcing hundreds of people to flee their homes.
The rainfall has not stopped and floods on a lighter scale are still continuing, the police said.
Large parts of the district headquarters at Jaleshwor have been flooded.
In Jaleshwor jail, the water level has soared up to two feet. Jailer Arjun Sharma said, “Inmates are falling sick due to rain-induced colds and lack of proper sleep.”
Similarly, transport services have been severely affected by water logged roads.
Similarly, the southern parts of Sarlahi district have also come under the effect of the heavy rainfall.
“The local administration in Sarlahi district is preparing to tackle any possible natural calamities as the water level in the area has been rising,” an official at the Chief District Office, Sarlahi said from Malangawa.
Around a dozen villages in Rautahat have been submerged under water.
Tejapaakad, Karuniya, Pathara, Budharaam, Akolba, Inaruwa and Bhasedawa among other VDCs have been inundated. The floods have also destroyed thousands of crops.
“The roads have been obstructed,” chief of the Gaur Customs Office Mojhar Allam said. “The revenue collection was nil on Sunday.”
Due to the bad condition of the roads, the import of essential commodities from India has been also affected.
Downpour affects life in Gulmi, Palpa
In western Nepal, roads in Gulmi district have also been affected by the rainfall.
Roads have been swept away by the heavy downpour affecting transport services in the Chaldi-Simaltaari, Ratdada-Paudiamrai, Arjai-Ghamir-Arkhabang, Purkot, Bajhkateri, Gaudakot, Jubhung to Majuwa stretches.
Similarly, the Siddhartha Highway which was blocked due to floods last night has been partly reopened today.
According to our local correspondent, public transport to Siddhababa Dovan in Palpa has resumed.
Source: Kantipur
Posted on: 2007-07-24 03:20:37 (Server Time)
Hospital collapses due to heavy downpour in Nepal
International
Hospital collapses due to heavy downpour in Nepal
Kathmandu, July 25 (Xinhua): A two-storey building of the 125- year-old Jaleswor hospital in Mahottari district in central Nepal collapsed due to the heavy downpour, leaving scores of patients stranded in the hospital, the National News Agency RSS reported on Wednesday.
The roof in the western front of the building crumbled and the wall is on the verge of collapse. All rooms of in-door department are inundated with rainwater, the RSS reported.
The patients in the ward are now being transfered to the building of Family Planning Association of Nepal.
Likewise, rainfall has been a problem in obstetric service, obstetric room and isolation ward in another building of in-door department.
In the flood-hit district, some 130 km south of Kathmandu, the number of viral fever patients visiting hospitals and health centers have gone up in the past one week.
Most of the rural areas in the district are in the grip of the disease. Most of the patients visiting the district hospital in Jaleshwor have fever, a health worker Anita Sharma, said.
A sudden surge in the mercury level and polluted water may have caused the spread of the disease, said the head of the district hospital Dr Pawan Thakur.
"The viral fever may develop into kala-zar and typhoid if patients don't get timely medical treatment," Thakur added.
Source: The Hindu
Hospital collapses due to heavy downpour in Nepal
Kathmandu, July 25 (Xinhua): A two-storey building of the 125- year-old Jaleswor hospital in Mahottari district in central Nepal collapsed due to the heavy downpour, leaving scores of patients stranded in the hospital, the National News Agency RSS reported on Wednesday.
The roof in the western front of the building crumbled and the wall is on the verge of collapse. All rooms of in-door department are inundated with rainwater, the RSS reported.
The patients in the ward are now being transfered to the building of Family Planning Association of Nepal.
Likewise, rainfall has been a problem in obstetric service, obstetric room and isolation ward in another building of in-door department.
In the flood-hit district, some 130 km south of Kathmandu, the number of viral fever patients visiting hospitals and health centers have gone up in the past one week.
Most of the rural areas in the district are in the grip of the disease. Most of the patients visiting the district hospital in Jaleshwor have fever, a health worker Anita Sharma, said.
A sudden surge in the mercury level and polluted water may have caused the spread of the disease, said the head of the district hospital Dr Pawan Thakur.
"The viral fever may develop into kala-zar and typhoid if patients don't get timely medical treatment," Thakur added.
Source: The Hindu
More Rains expected in Nepal coming week - Rainfall Prediction for South Asia and Asia Continent: July 25 - August 1, 2007
Here are two images showing expected rainfall in South Asia and Asia continent, provided by NOAA Climate Prediction Center
The above image for South Asia is subset of larger image covering entire Asia Continent given below.
One should look at the image and the given map legend to understand the rainfall scenario. In the map, Nepal is covered by top three classes/colors in the bar scale of precipitation. Minimum of 75 to 100 mm rains is there in every part of the country, although the area covered by this category is only in 5% of the area. The rest of 90% of the country is covered by a rainfall category which is in the range of 100 to 150mm. Remaining 5% is covered by a rainfall range of more than 150mm.
All this means, we should anticipate more rains than the last week (July 18-25) rains posted earlier. Districts in east and central east terai were mostly inundated in flood waters last week. What should expect this week? Even more. Expect more districts being soaked in flood waters especially in the Terai of Western, Central and eastern Development regions. The districts that are going to be affected are: Rautahat, Bara, Parsa, Makwanpur, Chitwan, Nawalparasi, Rupandehi, Kapilbastu and Jhapa. The districts which were flooded last week - Mahottari, Dhanusha, will get even more run-off as their upstream high mountains are getting more rains (especially Dolakha area) and expect more landslides in Central region hills – because landslides in the mountains are directly related to the soil moisture index. Many parts of the hill slope will get above a threshold when rains are above 100mm that causes landslide in Monsoon.
The northern Bangladesh, Assam and Meghalaya (especially north-east India) have very intense rains coming week indicating increase in the water levels in the Delta plains, and expect more news about more area in Bangladesh under water.
The above image for South Asia is subset of larger image covering entire Asia Continent given below.
One should look at the image and the given map legend to understand the rainfall scenario. In the map, Nepal is covered by top three classes/colors in the bar scale of precipitation. Minimum of 75 to 100 mm rains is there in every part of the country, although the area covered by this category is only in 5% of the area. The rest of 90% of the country is covered by a rainfall category which is in the range of 100 to 150mm. Remaining 5% is covered by a rainfall range of more than 150mm.
All this means, we should anticipate more rains than the last week (July 18-25) rains posted earlier. Districts in east and central east terai were mostly inundated in flood waters last week. What should expect this week? Even more. Expect more districts being soaked in flood waters especially in the Terai of Western, Central and eastern Development regions. The districts that are going to be affected are: Rautahat, Bara, Parsa, Makwanpur, Chitwan, Nawalparasi, Rupandehi, Kapilbastu and Jhapa. The districts which were flooded last week - Mahottari, Dhanusha, will get even more run-off as their upstream high mountains are getting more rains (especially Dolakha area) and expect more landslides in Central region hills – because landslides in the mountains are directly related to the soil moisture index. Many parts of the hill slope will get above a threshold when rains are above 100mm that causes landslide in Monsoon.
The northern Bangladesh, Assam and Meghalaya (especially north-east India) have very intense rains coming week indicating increase in the water levels in the Delta plains, and expect more news about more area in Bangladesh under water.
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Rainfall Prediction for Asia and South Asia for the period of July 18-25, 2007
Here are two maps showing rainfall prediction for the period July 18-25, 2007 presented by Climate Prediction Center, NOAA.
Interpretation:
The maps show that although there will be rains over Nepal, the intensity will be significantly less than other parts in the region such North-central India, Assam, Meghalaya, Bhutan, Bangladesh. Heavy rainfall is limited to Dolkha, Manang, Bajhang (some in Darchula and Humla), and Jhapa. This map shows less pockets of heavy rains than the earlier predictions. However, the predictions remain unaltered for the regions in India's states of Assam, Meghalaya, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Uttaranchal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Myanmar.
Source: http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/fews/global/asia/
Interpretation:
The maps show that although there will be rains over Nepal, the intensity will be significantly less than other parts in the region such North-central India, Assam, Meghalaya, Bhutan, Bangladesh. Heavy rainfall is limited to Dolkha, Manang, Bajhang (some in Darchula and Humla), and Jhapa. This map shows less pockets of heavy rains than the earlier predictions. However, the predictions remain unaltered for the regions in India's states of Assam, Meghalaya, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Uttaranchal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Myanmar.
Source: http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/fews/global/asia/
34 dead in Landslide in western Nepal
34 dead in Landslide in western Nepal
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2007-07-18 02:52
The Nepali Home Ministry said at least 34 were confirmed dead by Tuesday evening in the landslide that took place in Baglung District situated some 180 km west of Kathmandu.
The ministry told the local media, the rescue and relief operations in the affected regions have been intensified despite the bad weather.
At the same time, the Natural Disaster Mitigation Committee ( NDMC) is preparing to send additional relief to the affected areas.
The ministry has also ruled out the possibility of locating five people still missing in Baglung. It has been estimated that around 88 families have been displaced in Baglung due to the landslide.
Meanwhile, according to the Home Ministry, 15 families have been left homeless due to landslides in Ramechap District, some 100 km east of Kathmandu.
Landslides and floods are common in Nepal during the annual monsoon season which begins in June and ends in September.
Source: ChinaDaily.com
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2007-07-18 02:52
The Nepali Home Ministry said at least 34 were confirmed dead by Tuesday evening in the landslide that took place in Baglung District situated some 180 km west of Kathmandu.
The ministry told the local media, the rescue and relief operations in the affected regions have been intensified despite the bad weather.
At the same time, the Natural Disaster Mitigation Committee ( NDMC) is preparing to send additional relief to the affected areas.
The ministry has also ruled out the possibility of locating five people still missing in Baglung. It has been estimated that around 88 families have been displaced in Baglung due to the landslide.
Meanwhile, according to the Home Ministry, 15 families have been left homeless due to landslides in Ramechap District, some 100 km east of Kathmandu.
Landslides and floods are common in Nepal during the annual monsoon season which begins in June and ends in September.
Source: ChinaDaily.com
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