KATHMANDU: As many as 30 people were killed due to landslides triggered by heavy rains in quake-hit Nepal on Thursday, sweeping away homes and leaving more than a dozen missing.
According to reports, rescuers are still searching through rubble for around 15 more people believed missing in the western district of Kaski in the foothills of the Himalayas.
“Over 200 of our personnel are still working at the site to search and rescue”.
Three more people, including an 83-year-old man, were killed in two landslides in the neighbouring districts of Myagdi and Baglung, according to a statement released by authorities.
Eighteen people injured in the disaster have been taken to local hospitals for treatment, Rajaure said.
Scores of people die every year from flooding and landslides during the monsoon season in the Himalayan nation.
