Flash Floods Hit Central Nepal, Leaving Five Missing

Officials stated that Nepali authorities were searching for five missing people on Monday, while 13 additional individuals were rescued from flood-affected areas in Gorkha district. Several houses and bridges had been washed away by the floods.

The Army reported that it had rescued a total of 95 people from areas within the Chumnubri Rural Municipality during search and rescue operations. On Sunday evening, a Nepali Army helicopter rescued three people stranded at Dhaulibhir, near the Ungilung River in Chumnubri Rural Municipality-6, Gorkha.

Narayan Sapkota, the Chief Administrative Officer of Chumnubri Rural Municipality, stated that the individuals had become stranded at Dhaulibhir—near the site of a landslide that occurred earlier at Ungilung—on Sunday.