Friday, August 8, 2014

Sunkoshi landslide crisis: Update

Posted by Anup Baral August 08, 2014 :


People were running away from their house when a sudden flood occur in middle of night. According to Image News source so far forty house has been swept away by the flood. In around three o'clock in Saturday morning when a massive landslide hit the Sunkoshi River in Sindhupalchok then the river turn into a lake in just three hours.The massive landslide created a high dam across the Sun Koshi River. A river gauging station of the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology (DHM) at Pachuwarghat downstream of the landslide dam showed a rapid decline in water flow three hours after the landslide, after which the flow of water completely stopped According to Inspector Jayeshwor Rimal of the Bahrabise Police Post, four people died and 16 others were injured after they were buried in landslides.

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