Severe weather hits India and Nepal again
Floods and landslides have claimed dozens of lives, according to authorities.
Severe weather has again caused floods and landslides in parts of India and Nepal. Reuters reports 56 deaths in India and 14 in Nepal; a further 11 people are missing in Nepal.
The new reports come from several regions. In India, areas in the north and east have been particularly affected by heavy rain and storms. India’s Central Water Commission reported a serious situation at 30 measuring stations in seven states.
Several major rivers were above danger levels, including the Ganges, Gandak, Kosi, Bagmati and Narmada. These are water levels that make local authorities particularly vigilant, but the available reports do not provide a complete nationwide overview of evacuations or damage.
In Nepal, 14 people died and 11 are missing, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority. The authorities warned on Sunday that further flash floods remain possible. Nepal’s meteorological service shows warnings and rainfall forecasts for 27 September in several parts of the country.
The severe weather also damaged infrastructure in Nepal. Power was cut in parts of the country and telecommunications links were disrupted by damage to fibre-optic cables and electricity facilities. Flooding of the Rahuganga also damaged parts of a hydroelectric project with a capacity of 40 megawatts.
Ten local workers are separately missing after an avalanche hit the base camp of Himlung Himal in Manang district. According to Reuters, no foreign climbers were present there at the time. The disappearance is linked to the same weather pattern, but is separate from the reported flood and landslide figures.
Nepal is still dealing with the consequences of the much larger disaster at the end of August. According to Reuters, more than 1,450 people died and thousands are still missing. The authorities stress that the Rasuwa and Nuwakot areas, which were badly affected at the time, were not considered areas of acute risk on Sunday, although vigilance there remained necessary.
The new figures may still change. In mountainous areas, casualties and damage are often recorded only later because roads, telephone links and electricity have failed. The reports confirm the scale of the current severe weather, but do not yet distinguish between the precise roles of rain, saturated slopes and previous infrastructure damage.
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The main figures and consequences can be found in a Reuters report citing authorities. Nepal’s meteorological service confirms that warnings and heavy-rain forecasts were active on 27 September.
- confirmed There were 56 deaths in India and 14 in Nepal, with 11 people missing in Nepal. — Reuters cites local and national authorities. source
- confirmed Thirty river measuring stations in seven Indian states were in a serious situation. — Reported by the Central Water Commission according to Reuters. source
- confirmed Nepal’s meteorological service had warnings and rainfall forecasts active on 27 September. — Visible on DHM’s official website. source
- confirmed Ten local workers went missing after an avalanche near Himlung Himal. — Reported by Reuters on the basis of local authorities. source
Editor's note
The death tolls and infrastructure damage come from Reuters; the current warnings were checked with Nepal’s meteorological service. The figures are provisional.Sources
- Floods, landslides kill 56 in India and 14 in Nepal — Reuters via MarketScreener
- Nepal Department of Hydrology and Meteorology — Government of Nepal
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