{"id":436777,"date":"2026-09-27T14:15:56","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T08:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/?p=436777"},"modified":"2026-09-27T14:15:57","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T08:30:57","slug":"torrential-rain-across-the-country-disrupts-highways-and-inundates-settlements-in-several-districts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/2026\/09\/27\/436777.html","title":{"rendered":"Torrential rain across the country disrupts highways and inundates settlements in several districts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Kathmandu: <\/strong>Torrential rain across the country has disrupted highways, damaged bridges and flooded settlements in several districts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Siddhartha Highway has been blocked at two locations in Syangja due to landslides, while the Narayangadh-Muglin road and Prithvi Highway have also been obstructed by landslides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Myagdi, the swollen Kaligandaki River has swept away a motorable bridge along the Beni-Jomsom-Korala road, cutting off road access to Mustang. Two houses have also been buried by landslides, and a search is underway for two missing people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Rupandehi, the flooded Tinau River has swept away six houses in Butwal, although no casualties have been reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Saptari, around 500 houses have been inundated, affecting about 2,000 families in Tilathi Koiladi and Hanumannagar Kankalini rural municipalities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Similarly, rising waters of the Narayani River have inundated settlements in Nawalparasi East, while residents of affected areas have been moved to safer locations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Besisahar-Chame road in Lamjung has also been blocked after a landslide, with around 200 metres of road washed away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Karnali, the Karnali Corridor and Karnali Highway have been rendered impassable by landslides, particularly in Aulise of Barahatal Rural Municipality-7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Authorities and security personnel are working to clear the blocked roads, rescue affected people and restore transportation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Siddhartha Highway has been blocked at two locations in Syangja due to landslides, while the Narayangadh-Muglin road and Prithvi Highway have also been obstructed by landslides.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":436778,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,3,4,76,5],"tags":[],"reporter":[],"class_list":["post-436777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-en-cover","category-english","category-en-news","category-society","category-top-stories"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436777"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=436777"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436777\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":436779,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436777\/revisions\/436779"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/436778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=436777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=436777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=436777"},{"taxonomy":"reporter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reporter?post=436777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}