Landslides kill nine people in remote Nepal village

KATHMANDU: Landslides triggered by heavy rains killed nine more people in Nepal this week, raising the Himalayan nations death toll from floods and landslides to 160 since late May, a government official said on Wednesday (Jul 29).

Seven people from the same family, including three children and three women, were killed in their sleep late on Tuesday when their house was swept away in the remote Naraharinath village, 430km northwest of the capital Kathmandu.

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Two people were killed in another house that was destroyed by a second landslide in the same village, Home Ministry official Murari Wasti said, adding three others were rescued.

At least 58 are still missing and 87 injured, he said.

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