Kathmandu, November 2: A total of 402 people have lost their lives, and 17 remain missing in 7,688 disaster incidents reported across the country between mid-April and November 1.

According to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA), the incidents include landslides, snakebites, fires, floods, lightning strikes, storms, heavy rainfall, animal attacks and other natural and human-induced disasters.

Landslides accounted for the highest number of incidents, with 1,735 cases, followed by 1,668 snakebite incidents and 1,641 fires. The authority also recorded 593 heavy rainfall events, 537 storms, 466 floods, 417 animal attacks and 333 lightning incidents.

Snakebites claimed the highest number of lives, with 116 fatalities. Landslides and floods caused 77 and 41 deaths, respectively, while lightning strikes and fires claimed 36 and 32 lives.

The disaster incidents have also left 2,529 people injured and displaced 9,857 families, according to the authority’s statistics.

However, the figures do not include the detailed damage assessment of the Bhotekoshi flood in Rasuwa on August 26, as the report has yet to be entered into the authority’s information system.