Fourteen killed in Nepal as monsoon rains cause flooding in South Asia
Al Jazeera
The numbers of fatal floods and landslides caused by monsoon rains have increased in recent years.
At least 14 people have been killed after heavy rains triggered flash floods and landslides across Nepal, with disaster teams searching for nine missing, police said on Sunday.
Flooding in neighbouring India and Bangladesh has also caused widespread damage and affected millions.
“Police are working with other agencies and locals to find the missing people,” said Nepalese police spokesman Dan Bahadur Karki.
People have been killed or are missing in multiple locations, he said.
Monsoon rains from June to September bring widespread death and destruction every year across South Asia, but the numbers of fatal floods and landslides have increased in recent years.