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Death toll of rain-induced disasters reach 99, 35 injured, 40 missing



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By TRN Online, Kathmandu, Oct. 21: The Nepal Police Headquarters has informed that as many as 99 people lost their lives in the rain-induced disasters caused by incessant rainfall in the last four days.

According to central police spokesperson Basanta Bahadur Kunwar, 99 fatalities were reported across the nation due to floods and landslides as of 12:00 pm on Thursday.

Spokesperson Kunwar added that 40 people had gone missing and 35 had been injured in the disaster.

The death toll in Province 1 itself has reached 58. Similarly, 18 have been injured and 12 have gone missing in Province 1.

Of the total 58 fatalities, 13 were reported in Ilam, 26 in Panchthar, seven in Dhankuta, eight in Sunsari, two in Udayapur, and one each in Morang and Bhojpur.

Two deaths and three missing cases have been reported in Lumbini Province. Similarly, the Sindhuli district of Bagmati Province reported a single fatality in the disaster.

Likewise, the rain-induced disasters claimed seven lives in Karnali Province of which, six were reported in Humla and one was reported in Kalikot. A total of 31 deaths were reported in Sudurpaschim province and of them, two cases were reported in Dadeldhura, four were reported in Baitadi, eight were reported in Bajhang and one was reported in Kailali.