Natural disasters across the country displace thousands

June 19, Kathmandu: The hundreds of families have been displaced due to the incessant rain-induced disasters in various districts.

The Ministry of Home Affairs has informed that as many as 16 people have lost their lives in floods, landslides and inundation across the country in the past five days. Similarly, 22 people have remained out of contact and 16 sustained injuries in the incidents.

Of the deceased, three each are from Sindhupalchok and Doti districts and one each from Saptari, Kavre, Gorkha, Jumla, Arghakhanchi, Palpa, Kaski, Kalikot, Pyuthan and Bajura districts.

Of them, 10 are male, four women and two children. Similarly, of 22 missing, 20 are from Sindhupalchok and one each from Bajura and Rupandehi.

 According to the Ministry report, more than 2,000 families have been displaced and 199 houses damaged in the natural calamities this season.