Nepali flood toll reaches 74
Tuesday, 31 July 2007
KATHMANDU, July 30 (Xinhua): Floods and landslides triggered by incessant rainfall across Nepal have claimed at least 74 lives as of Sunday evening, local newspaper The Kathmandu Post reported Monday.
Nepali Home Ministry confirmed the death of at least 69 people and three more deaths Sunday while two more deaths were reported in Udayapur and Dhanusha districts.
According to available data, floods and landslides have displaced at least 87,649 members of 15,879 families, destroyed at least 746 houses excluding 485 partially damaged houses due to rainfall in different parts of the country. At least 206 livestock were reported to have been killed.
Nepali government, in coordination with concerned ministries and humanitarian agencies, has geared up relief efforts for calamity-hit people.
The Central Disaster Relief Committee (CDRC) on Sunday decided to ask Nepali Health Ministry to dispatch medical teams to help prevent possible outbreak of epidemics, besides asking the Ministry of Physical Planning and Ministry of Water Resources to ensure swift delivery of drinking water and electricity supply to affected districts.
Nepali Home Ministry confirmed the death of at least 69 people and three more deaths Sunday while two more deaths were reported in Udayapur and Dhanusha districts.
According to available data, floods and landslides have displaced at least 87,649 members of 15,879 families, destroyed at least 746 houses excluding 485 partially damaged houses due to rainfall in different parts of the country. At least 206 livestock were reported to have been killed.
Nepali government, in coordination with concerned ministries and humanitarian agencies, has geared up relief efforts for calamity-hit people.
The Central Disaster Relief Committee (CDRC) on Sunday decided to ask Nepali Health Ministry to dispatch medical teams to help prevent possible outbreak of epidemics, besides asking the Ministry of Physical Planning and Ministry of Water Resources to ensure swift delivery of drinking water and electricity supply to affected districts.