Flooding: Devastating Floods and Heavy Rains in Sunsari District

Posted by Anup Baral May 20, 2015 :

Heavy rainfall has caused flooding in some parts of Nepal damaging houses and affected vehicular movement.Meanwhile the hydrology and meteorology department has dismissed news reports about likelihood of incessant rainfall for three days in most parts of Terai and some parts of hills as false and misleading. Entire area have been flooded in Sunsari disrict. Last year, more than 6,000 people were killed as floods and landslides swept through Uttarakhand state during the monsoon season. Heavy deforestation over the last few decades have made the area more vulnerable to landslides.