In August 2014 The death toll from landslides and flooding triggered by torrential monsoon rains in Nepal and northern India has climbed to at least 109 as tides of water, mud and rocks swept away houses, officials said. The downpours also displaced thousands of people in the scenic Himalayan region and revived memories of a deadly deluge last year that killed more than 5,000 people in the Indian state of Uttarakhand. The rains in Nepal over the past three days have killed 85 people and stranded thousands more. Rescuers struggled to retrieve the bodies on Sunday amid fears of a cholera outbreak as army officials ran helicopter sorties to evacuate about 20,000 people stranded in badly-hit western districts, said national disaster management chief Yadav Prasad Koirala. "We are very concerned about a possible outbreak of cholera due to the bodies lying underwater," Koirala told the AFP news agency. The rains have damaged roads across the country's western plains bordering India, with poor visibility hindering helicopter rescue efforts. inds.
