Incessant rainfall triggers landslides in Nepal, temples flooded in Kathmandu

Nepal Floods: In the capital Kathmandu, the heavy downpour past midnight has flooded roads and submerged temples.

One person has been killed while six others have gone missing as a landslide swept houses in Central Nepal after heavy downpours till Tuesday morning.

Nepal Floods: People walk along a flooded road near the bank of overflowing Bagmati river following heavy rains, in Kathmandu. (Reuters)

As per the District Police Makwanpur, a woman died after she was pulled alive from the debris while six of her family members have gone missing in Sigre of Bagmati Rural Municipality of the district.

“The rescue effort is underway; we are searching for the possible survivors. We managed to pull one from the debris but she died later. An additional six people have gone missing,” a spokesperson at the District Police Office Makwanpur Tek Bahdur Karki told ANI over the phone.

In the capital Kathmandu, the heavy downpour past midnight has flooded roads and submerged temples. The water level at Bagmati and Bishnumati rivers along with their tributaries have burst the embankments entering the residential areas.

Roads are covered with rain water throwing daily life out of gear and triggering the authorities to send alerts about further embankment outbursts. Corridors that run along the river embankments have been water-logged and flooded throwing the valley's traffic out of gear.