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Death Toll Passes 150 in Nepal and India Floods

BoomRadioNG | October 21, 2021

More than 150 people have died after heavy rainfall triggered flash floods in two Indian states – Uttarakhand and Kerala – and parts of Nepal.

Homes were submerged or crushed by rocks swept into them by landslides.

Flash floods IN Uttarakhand_in_2012

At least 50 people, including five from a single family, died in Uttarakhand some 77 people died in Nepal, with dozens more missing in both nations.

Rains further south in India’s Kerala state also triggered deadly floods, leaving another 39 dead there.

Six more bodies were recovered on Wednesday in Uttarakhand, taking the death toll in the Himalayan state, a popular tourist spot, to 52.

Kerala Flood 2019

Schools have been closed and religious and tourist activities suspended in the state.

But the Indian Meteorological Department says the rainfall is now easing.

Paul Ayorinde

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