The sudden flood of a river in the center of Nepal destroyed around 40 houses and several bridges in a town, leaving at least five missing, a month after the flood in Nepal that caused the death of 1,450 people and left 5,200 missing, the authorities reported this Sunday.
The Nepal Army reported the overflow at 5:55 local time (00:10 GMT) in Gorkha province, one of the most affected areas in the massive August flood, after a station on the river will register 8.4 meters of water rise.
According to EFE, the flood swept away houses in Jagat Bagar, Salleri and Ghattekhola, the administrative director of the rural municipality of Chumanubri, in Gorkha, Narayan Prasad Sapkota, told EFE.
“The flood situation is becoming normal. Currently “We are working on rescue efforts,” assured Sapkota.
Nepalese Prime Minister Balendra Shah reported on his social networks that six people were rescued by helicopter, and confirmed the deployment of rescue operations with several helicopterss in the area to search for the missing.
Until now No fatalities have been recorded.
“At dawn I heard a roar. I had never heard anything like it (…) It reminded me of Bhote Kos floodshi. We left the house and ran uphill. Other villagers were also awake and heading for higher ground, some They were surprised in their hotels while they were sleeping,” Sherap, a resident of the town, told the local press.
Preliminary information suggests that an avalanche of Ice could have dumped snow, mud and other debris into the river, triggering the flood. According to a statement from the Nepal Hydrology Research Center, a landslide temporarily plugged a tributary of the river in Tumje (Chumanubri) and abruptly released a large mass of mud and water when the natural dam broke.
A hydrologist from the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology, Binod Parajuli, told EFE that no rain was recorded in the headwaters of the affected river. “The flood cannot be attributed to rainfall based on the available records,” Parajuli explained.
