Floods in Nepal: The number of people who died in the flood and Landslides Due to heavy rain Nepal Reuters news agency quoted police sources as saying that 56 people have gone missing as of Sunday, raising the number to 151. The government has announced the closure of schools for three days in response to the disaster.

Since Friday, large areas of eastern and central Nepal have been inundated, with flash floods affecting different areas.

In the Kathmandu Valley, where 37 people have died, floods have brought traffic and daily life to a standstill. Eyewitnesses said that they have not seen floods and destruction on this scale in the valley in the last 40-45 years.

Here are the latest updates.

– National Highways. Nepal has been closed since Saturday, with hundreds of people stranded due to landslides. At least 322 houses and 16 bridges have been destroyed, with more than 20,000 security personnel deployed for rescue efforts. About 3,626 people have been rescued so far, and the operation is ongoing.

– Home Ministry Spokesperson Rishiram Tiwari said that all available resources are being used to reopen the highway sections affected by landslides.

– On Saturday, 19 people were killed when a bus was hit by a mudslide in Dhading district near Kathmandu, while five more were killed when a house collapsed in Bhaktapur. Television footage showed police in knee-high boots using tools to clear mud and remove 16 bodies from two buses that were swept away by a landslide on a major road in Kathmandu.

– Meteorological officials attributed the heavy rain storm to a low pressure system in the Bay of Bengal, which affected parts of Nepal and nearby areas of India.

Climate experts at the International Center for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) have warned that unplanned development in Nepal is exacerbating the risks posed by climate change. Arun Bhakta Shrestha, an environmental official at ICIMOD, was quoted as saying by Reuters that this level of flooding in Kathmandu was unprecedented.

– ICIMOD urges government and urban planners to invest rapidly in infrastructure improvements such as stormwater drainage and sewage systems, including engineered (grey) and nature-based (green) solutions.

– The Bagmati River in Kathmandu is reported to have risen above the dangerous level following heavy rains in eastern and central Nepal on Friday and Saturday.

– Saturday’s heavy rainfall was attributed to the unusual positioning of the monsoon trough and a low pressure system over the Bay of Bengal.

– While water levels in the Koshi River in southeastern Nepal have begun to recede, the river was flowing at nearly three times its normal level, threatening flooding in Bihar, India.

– Scientists believe that climate change is changing rainfall patterns in Asia, but unplanned construction, especially on floodplains, is a major cause of the increased impact of flooding, as it affects drainage and Leaves insufficient space for retention.

– Flooding and landslides have caused widespread disruption, damaging highways, homes and bridges, and displacing hundreds of families. Thousands of travelers are stranded in different parts of the country due to bad roads.