200 missing after landslide in Nepal
200 missing after landslide in Nepal, Nearly 200 people were missing after a massive landslide in northeast Nepal that blocked Sunkoshi river, turning it into a huge lake and putting dozens of villages both in Nepal and India at risk of flash floods.
- Huge hill collapses, burying 100 homes
- Nine persons have been confirmed dead
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Kathmandu: Nearly 200 people were missing after a massive landslide in northeast Nepal that blocked Sunkoshi river, turning it into a huge lake and putting dozens of villages both in Nepal and India at risk of flash floods.
A huge hill had suddenly collapsed last morning burying 100 homes before dumping mud and stones into the Sunkoshi river at Mankha village in Sindhupalchowk district, 75 km northeast of the capital Kathmandu.
After the river was blocked by the landslide, a huge lake - estimated to be 2.5 km long with 130 metre depth - was formed in the area and the people residing in the nearby villages ran away to safer places fearing for their lives.
"Nearly 200 people are said to be unaccounted for after the disaster," media report said. Nine persons have been confirmed dead so far, while a severed hand of another person was found yesterday, they said.
However, the Ministry of Home Affairs put the missing figure at about 100. The Nepalese Army carried out low-intensity blasts to remove the landslide debris from the river to free the huge quantity of water accumulated in the newly formed lake, resulting in rise of water level of Kosi River in Bihar.
