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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Binaj Gurubacharya

Nepalese villages are swept away by heavy rainfall and landslides, leaving at least 44 dead

Landslides, a lighting strike and floodings triggered by severe rainfall killed at least 44 people in Nepal on Sunday, with five others reported missing, authorities said.

Those killed included at least 37 people in the eastern mountain district of Illam, where whole villages were swept away by landslides, Nepal’s National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority said. Several other people are still missing.

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