101 dead and 64 missing

It rained heavily throughout the weekend, and the storm was expected to continue on Sunday, she wrote CBS News.

This led to major floods and landslides in several places in the country, which is characterized by the Himalayan landscape.

Police spokesman Dan Bahadur Karki told AFP early Sunday morning that the death toll had risen to 101 and 64 were missing.

Many roads in the country were closed, including the main Prithvi Highway, which connects the capital, Kathmandu, to the rest of the country.

According to the BBC, most of the deaths occurred in the valley areas surrounding Kathmandu. Here, up to 200 millimeters of rain has fallen since Friday evening, causing many rivers to quickly burst their banks.

– They called for help for several hours. “There was nothing we could do,” says eyewitness Jitendra Bhandari, who witnessed four people being swept away by the water bodies in the Nakhu River. To the channel.

Three of them were later rescued, while the fourth is still missing.

Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak says that rescue work is continuing. Authorities are working to get an overview of the scale of the disaster.

The priority now is to save people and help those affected, he says.