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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Hannah Ellis-Petersen South Asia correspondent

More than 200 dead in Nepal floods, as parts of Kathmandu left under water

A woman walks through muddy water
A woman carries a chair along a muddy street as the flood water recedes from a residential area in Kathmandu. Photograph: Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters

More than 200 people were killed in Nepal over the weekend in what experts described as some of the worst flash flooding to have hit the capital, Kathmandu, and the surrounding valleys.

Swathes of Kathmandu were left underwater after the heaviest monsoon rains in two decades fell on Friday and Saturday, washing away entire neighbourhoods, bridges and roads. The heavy rains caused the Bagmati River, which runs through the city, to swell more than 2 metres higher than deemed safe.

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