Nepal - Floods and landslides (MFD, Media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 04 July 2018)
[2023-05-18 18:11:54]
Since 1 July 2018 heavy rain affected most areas of Nepal, causing floods and landslides, resulting in casualties and property damage.
According to media reports, as of July 4th Greenwich mean time, he died in 9 districts in 30 districts: Rolpa (3 people died), Sindhuli (2 people died), Parsa, Kailai, Banke, Dang, Sarlahi, Shinduri , Tanaf, Kathmandu. In addition, six people were injured in the Kailali and Parsa areas, three people were missing in Parsa, Sarlahi and Tanahu area. A total of 183 houses were damaged in 20 districts and 208 houses were damaged. Nalparasi, Bardiya, Bara are most affected
In the next 24 hours, calm precipitation is expected in the eastern and central parts of the country.
During the majority of the summer, strong monsoon rain and hurricane attacked the Indian subcontinent, causing extensive damage in India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Myanmar. As a result of floods and landslides, it is believed that about 1,000 people died and 41 million people were affected. These numbers will increase as the rain moves north to Pakistan now. There are reports that millions of people have been losing their homes and the disease of the water system has increased significantly. The rainy season is equally generous in Africa. In Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Niger and the Democratic Republic of Congo, hundreds of deaths have been caused by heavy rain and landslides and hundreds of thousands of people are evacuated. This means that the two-year drought destroys eastern and southern Africa, and 38 million people are at risk of food insecurity.
Summer is the rainy season of Nepal. In June, July and August, the monsoon season is intense. Hiking is impossible because you need to go through an adventurous hiking course that is at risk of landslides, floods, landslides. In the summer there are also excellent hiking packages, perhaps the best hiking trips. This season is perfect for traveling to Tibet, trekking wild horses, dolpo trekking. These are alternative hiking trails behind the shadow of the Himalayas.
The annual rainy season starts in July, flooding occurs between September and December. During the monsoon season, Cambodia often experiences flash flooding after heavy rain. Battambang, Kampongchinan, Kompongpeau, Kompongtom, Kampot, Kandal, Pursat and Ratanakiri are often affected by floods. The second type of flood, the much slower but more lasting flood, was flooded by the Tonle Sap River and the tributaries of the Mekong River. And we flooded the provinces of Kampung Cham, Kratie, Kandal, Prey Veng, Stung Treng, Svay Rieng and Takeo. In 2000, Cambodia was suffering from the worst flood in recent years, estimated total loss was 150 million dollars. It affected more than 3 million out of 22 provinces in the 24 provinces of the country, replaced the 85,000 families and killed 182 families (ECHO, 2008)