Hindistan ve Nepal'de Sel ve Heyelanlarda En Az 150 Kişi Öldü: 'Büyük Kayıp'
Hindistan ve Nepal'de rekor düzeyde yağışlar bölgeyi günlerce ıslattıktan sonra 150'den fazla kişi öldü.
The Guardian'a göre yetkililer, Hindistan'ın kuzeyinde bir eyalet olan Uttarakhand'da şiddetli yağış nedeniyle 46 kişinin öldüğünü ve 11 kişinin kayıp olduğunu açıkladı .
Üst düzey polis yetkilisi Ashok Kumar Salı günü yerel haber kaynaklarına verdiği demeçte, CNN'e göre Nainital bölgesinde sel nedeniyle 25 kişinin öldüğünü söyledi . The Guardian'a göre güneydeki Kerala eyaletinde 39 kişinin daha öldüğü bildirildi .
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Next door in Nepal, landslides killed at least 77 people and destroyed several communities, Reuters reported. Interior ministry official Dil Kumar Tamang said 24 people have been reported dead in the Panchthar district — 13 in Ilam and 12 in Doti.
Three more people died and thousands of tourists were left stranded in Darjeeling and Kalimpong in India after heavy rainfall triggered landslides in the area, according to The Guardian.
Disaster management official S A Murugesan told Reuters that the death toll may continue to climb.
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Uttarakhand chief of staff Pushkar Singh Dhami said to Reuters partner ANI that "there is huge loss due to the floods" and that "the crops have been destroyed."
"The locals are facing a lot of problems, the roads are waterlogged, bridges have been washed away," he added.
According to the India Meteorology Department, two observatories in the Kumaun region of Uttarakhand recorded approximately 13.4 and 15.8 inches of rainfall, respectively — the largest rainfall totals ever recorded in the area in the span of 24 hours, The Guardian reported.
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More rain is expected to fall in the coming days as the southwest monsoon lifts out of the region. The IMD predicts "extremely heavy" rain will fall over the sub-Himalayan districts of West Bengal and Sikkim on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, authorities in Nepal say rain across the region could last "a few more days," per Reuters.
