Heavy rain across Nepal this week has caused landslides and flash floods, killing 11 people including one Indian and two Chinese workers at a development project, while 25 people were missing elsewhere, officials said on Friday.
The bodies of the three workers were recovered near the town of Melamchi in Sindhupalchowk district, northeast of Kathmandu, which was hit by flash floods on Wednesday that also forced many people from their homes, district administrators said in a statement.
“The foreign nationals were working for a Chinese company that is building a drinking water project,” district official Baburam Khanal told Reuters.
The Home Ministry said late on Thursday that 25 people were missing in floods in Sindhupalchowk, a mountainous district bordering the Tibet region of China, and other parts of the country.
The monsoon rains, which normally begin in June and last until September, kill hundreds of people in mostly mountainous Nepal every year.
Heavy rain since Tuesday have damaged roads, destroyed bridges, washed away fish farms and livestock, and wrecked homes.
Hundreds of people have been forced to move to community shelters, including schools, sheds and tents, authorities said.