On Saturday, 9 people were killed in a flash flood caused by continuous heavy rains and the lives of people across the country have been affected. Three people of the same house died on Saturday morning after a landslide buried them in Syangdi Majhkot, Syangja rural municipality-6.

Two people lost their lives in Falewas Municipality-1 Karkineta in Parbat and two more people lost their lives due to a landslide in Rishing Rural Municipality-1 Jhapudar in Tanahun. Similarly, one more person was killed in a landslide in Shuklagandaki municipality-7 Kaure of Tanahun on Saturday afternoon and another person died when a tractor overturned due to flood in Gangadi River in Salbhaunri, Rajpur rural municipality-5 of Dang.

The rains since Thursday have caused extensive damage to people's property due to the floods and landslides that have occurred in various districts of Gandaki and Lumbini provinces including Kathmandu. Dozens of families have been displaced by landslides and flooding in various districts including the valley. Most of the roads in Karnali, Gandaki, Wagmati, Lumbini provinces are blocked and passengers and vehicles are stranded.

Landslide-blocked vehicle in Sunkoshi-2 BP Highway waistline. Photo: Rajkumar Karki/Kantipur

Manoj Vick of Gorkha Shahid Lakhan Thapa Rural Municipality-6 died when the kitchen of a restaurant in Nagarjun Municipality-3 of Kathmandu was swept away by a landslide that started with the rain since Friday. Along with the heavy rains, the roads, settlements and markets of the coastal areas have been inundated due to the rise in the water level in the valley's Wagmati, Bishnumati, Dhobikhola, Manohara and Hanumante rivers. Due to the flood of Bagmati, the squatter settlement and the vegetable market of Balkhu were inundated and the corridor was also flooded and the road was blocked for the whole day. 

Bhaktapur police said that more than one and a half dozen towers were inundated due to the flood of Manohara River and the locals were displaced. The UML party office and Chasal stadium in Lalitpur have been flooded. In Tarakeshwar Municipality-3 Jitpurfedi of Kathmandu, one house was damaged by the landslide, while in Kathmandu-29 Ghattekulo, about one meter of road was washed away. According to Dineshraj Mainali, Spokesperson of the Valley Police Office, people are being asked to monitor the water level in the river corridors in the valley and be vigilant.

8 dead in Gandaki, two missing 

8 people have died in Tanahun, Syangja and Parbat of Gandaki province due to landslides along with incessant rains. Two people buried in the landslide are still missing. 40-year-old Hira passed away when the house of Hira Nepali and Sunmaya Kumal was swept away by a landslide in Shuklagandaki Municipality-7 Kaure of Tanahun on Saturday afternoon. Hira's body, which went missing in the afternoon, was found only in the evening. Neighbors Anisha Bastola, 37, and Shyam Bhandari, 65, are still missing. 40-year-old Bishnu Bahadur Nepali, 26-year-old Vishal Timilsina, 35-year-old Ravi Ghimire, 18-year-old Roop Kumar Nepali and 15-year-old Bimal Nepali were injured in the landslide. Gandaki Province Police Spokesperson SSP Ravindra Regmi said that the missing persons are being searched for. The injured is being treated at GP Hospital Khairenitar. 

Landslide in Shuklagandaki Municipality-7 Kaure of Tanahun.

On Saturday morning, three people of the same house died after a landslide buried them in Syangdi Majhkot, Syangdi rural municipality-6. 65-year-old Guheshwari Sharma Marasini, 71-year-old Madhav Sharma and his wife 67-year-old Harimaya Sharma died when the landslide destroyed their 2-storey house. On Saturday afternoon, two people died when the 2-storey mud house of Kul Prasad Padhyay in Falewas Municipality-1 Karkineta of Parbat was destroyed by a landslide. 40-year-old Jhalak Prasad Sharma of Karkineta and 32-year-old Tulsi Prasad Sharma of Syangja Andhikhola Rural Municipality-3 Pakhrigor Dhunga, who went missing in the landslide, were found dead by a team deployed from District Police Office Parbat. Tulsi Prasad's body was found three hundred meters below the house and Jhalak Prasad's body was found in Syangjapatti Andhikhola-4 September. 

50-year-old Krishna Bahadur Pulami and 51-year-old Samlal Shrestha of Lamjung Sundarbazar, who were working on the tunnel route of Tanahun Hydropower under construction in Rishing Rural Municipality-1 Jhapudar of Tanahun, died after being hit by a rock that came with the landslide. On Saturday, 13 goats, one buffalo and one pado of Rukmagata Adhikari were killed when a landslide swept away a cowshed and farm in Thadapakha, Mahashila Rural Municipality of Parbat. Local Keshav Prasad Adhikari Chhetri's 2-storey house and shed were also swept away by the landslide. As the water level in the Seti River rises, the settlements along the banks of the river in Pokhara are at risk.

Pokhara-33 in the squatter village of Pashupati Ghat, 27 houses were at risk due to the rising flow of Seti, said Kaski Police Spokesperson Basant Kumar Sharma. On Saturday, traffic was blocked due to a landslide on the highway leading into Pokhara. Under Prithvi Highway, the highway was completely blocked due to a landslide in Ambukhareni Rural Municipality-2 located in Tanahun of Pokhara-Muglin section. In Tanahun's Myagde Rural Municipality-6 Maury, the highway was also blocked due to a landslide. Traffic was blocked due to landslides in Waling municipality-10 Modikhola in Syangja, Maldhunga-Beni road in Parbat, Kusma municipality-1 in Parbat, Raghuganga rural municipality-2 in Myagdi under Beni-Jomsom road section. 

A missing person in Narayani, all doors of Gandak barrage opened 

33-year-old Arjun Chamar of Susta-5 Sakardinai of West Nawalparasi, who had gone to collect firewood in Urliyo Narayani, has gone missing. All 36 gates of Gandak Barrage have been opened after the water level of Narayani reached dangerous level. According to Kashinath Harijan, land acquisition officer of the barrage, 290,000 cusecs per second of water is flowing in the barrage on Saturday evening. As the structure is old, three lakh cusecs of water in Gandak barrage is considered as an indicator of danger. 

After the surface of Narayani crossed the warning level in Devghat, the local administration has asked Chitwan, East and West Nawalparasi to exercise caution. Similarly, 25 houses were inundated in Gaindakot Municipality-2 Botetol in East Nawalparasi due to Narayani flood. According to DSP Bed Bahadur Paudel of East Nawalparasi, the drowning victims have been kept in the Toll Reform Committee building. Similarly, the flood of Kerunge river has eroded 25 bigha of arable land in Hoopsekot rural municipality-4. 

One dead, two missing due to flood in Dang

51-year-old Cheduram Chowdhury, a local resident, died when his tractor overturned due to flood in the Gangadi river in Salbhouri, Rajpur rural municipality-5 of Dang. According to Dang police chief SP Ram Bahadur KC, 24-year-old Rajkumar Chaudhary and 23-year-old Mahesh Yadav, who were riding in the tractor, were injured. Two people have gone missing after being swept away by the Rapti river. 34-year-old Dayaram Yadav and 48-year-old Tularam Yadav of Rajpur-2 survived by climbing a tree, while 18-year-old Rajkumar Yadav went missing. 

Similarly, 62-year-old Maniyam Chaudhary of Lamhi-8 Bagrapur has gone missing after being swept away by the Rapti. The flow of Rapti has increased and surrounding villages have been flooded. Local roads have also been blocked due to floods in various rivers. Due to the flood, the Chief Minister's Office of Lumbini Province along with the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Planning, Social Development and Internal Affairs and Law have also been inundated.

On the other hand, residents of Rurukshetra-3 Thorga area of ​​Gulmi have rescued Ujeli Vick, who was buried along with her house due to a landslide. Due to landslides in Gulmi, Madan Bhandari highway, Bamitaksar Ridi road, Ridi Tansen section of dozens of places have been blocked since Friday night. Vehicles are stranded on the road after the rise of the Dahare river in Bamitaksar Rudraveni section. Kaligandaki Corridor and Madhyapahari Highway have also been blocked by landslides.

 The water level in Gulmi's Badighat, Ridikhola, Chaldikhola, Hugdikhola is higher than the last 10 years. Ranimahal, a tourist spot in Palpa, has been flooded. The Tansen Butwal section of Siddharth Highway has also been blocked due to landslides at dozens of places. Similarly, Sandhikhark Gorusinge road of Arghakhanchi has been blocked. Due to the non-stop rain, there is a problem in opening the road on time, according to the relevant road division office. 

14 families displaced by Seti

14 families have been displaced when Bajhang Thalara Rural Municipality-9 Jhyabagar settlement was caught between two villages due to flood of Seti river. "We left the village early in the morning after a breach broke out in the middle of the village," Lokendra Bista, the ward president of Thalara-9, said, "The level of the river has increased significantly. There is a danger that the settlement may be washed away at any time.'' Naveen Bahadur Bisht, a teacher of Janapriya Secondary School, said that although he managed to save people and animals, he was unable to save the goods inside the house after the water flow increased. 

Bajhang Thalara-9 Jhyabgar Basti displaced after being hit by floods in Seti. Photo: Basant Pratap Singh/Kantipur

"Houses were drowned while saving people and cows," he said. We couldn't bring anything inside the house. Due to the rain since Thursday, the water level of Seti has reached a dangerous level. The river monitoring website of the Department of Water and Meteorology said that the water level of Seti has risen to 4.29 meters. The water level of Seti, which was around three meters till Friday, continues to rise till Saturday evening. Electricity service has also been interrupted in Bajhang when two poles were washed away by Seti's flood in Pathuda of Kedarsyun. 

After the water level reached 1 lakh 21 thousand cusecs in the Mahakali river on Saturday evening, the movement of large vehicles has been stopped on the bridge of Sarada Barrage. According to Kanchanpur police DSP Umesh Joshi, when the flow of Mahakali exceeds 1 lakh cusecs, the movement of large vehicles is stopped. 

1 missing in Rolwaling river, production of upper tamakoshi stopped

65-year-old Jangmu Sherpa, a resident of Gaurishankar rural municipality-9 Dogang of Dolakha, has gone missing after the flood of Rolwaling river swept away on Friday night. In Dogang, 3 houses along with small hotels open for tourists have been washed away. The production of 456 megawatts of upper Tamakoshi has been stopped since Friday night after Tamakoshi's surface alert has passed. 

The water level of Tamakoshi, which normally flows 66 cubic meters, reached 285 cubic meters on Friday night. Purnagopal Ranjith, Head of Upper Tamakoshi Hydropower Station, said that the flood damaged the road, the structure of the power plant's tailrace and the pole of the 33 KV transmission line in Gogar, where the power plant is located. On the other hand, due to the flooding of the Marsyangdi River in Lamjung, the power generation of the 50 MW Upper Marsyangdi 'A' project has also stopped. The dam in Masyangdi-7 Ngadi was said to be damaged and the production was stopped and the flood was allowed to flow on the river bank. 

Flight stopped in Karnali for 5 days, all highways blocked

Due to incessant rain, air service has been stopped in all the Himalayan districts of Karnali, while Karnali, Madhyapahari, Madan Bhandari and Rapti highways and Bheri and Karnali corridors have been blocked. Landslides occurred at 11 places on Karnali Highway, 10 on Madhyapahari and 9 on Rapti Highway, 13 on Karnali Corridor and 17 on Bheri Corridor due to rain, according to the provincial police office. The police said that the highways could not be opened due to the rain continuing until late on Saturday. 

All the airports in the Himalayan district of Karnali have been closed since Tuesday. According to the police, flights could not be conducted at Rara, Jumla in Mugu, Jufal in Dolpa and Simkot in Humla due to bad weather.

On the other hand, traffic has been blocked due to a landslide in Golanjor rural municipality-6 Akkare Bhir of Madhyapahari Lokmarg in Sindhuli. Due to the blocking of the highway, vehicles traveling to and from Kathmandu from the eastern hilly districts of Okhaldhunga, Khotang, Solukhumbu, Bhojpur, Udaipur and Terai are stranded.