Nepal landslide kills 14, 10 missing – officials

KATHMANDU (Reuters) – A landslide triggered by heavy rains killed not less than 14 folks and injured seven in western Nepal, officers mentioned on Saturday, as rescue employees searched the catastrophe website to attempt to discover a additional 10 lacking folks.

Rescuers had pulled the useless and injured from the silt- lined wreckage of 5 homes buried underneath mud in Achham district, about 450 km (281 miles) west of the capital metropolis of Kathmandu, mentioned Dan Bahadur Karki, a police spokesperson.

Native media footage confirmed rescuers clearing slush with their palms in a determined seek for the lacking individuals who have been believed trapped. Officers mentioned the injured had been rushed to a close-by hospital.

Flash floods and landslides happen ceaselessly within the mountainous terrain of Nepal, particularly throughout annual monsoon rains between June and September.

At the very least 48 folks have been killed and 12 are lacking throughout the nation in flash floods and landslides up to now this 12 months, in accordance with official information.

(Reporting by Gopal Sharma; Modifying by Lincoln Feast.)