At least 14 people have died as a result of lightning, flooding, and landslides caused by Nepal's intense monsoon storms, a disaster official reported on Thursday.
Every year, South Asia experiences significant deaths and destruction due to the monsoon rains, which last from June to September. However, there have been more devastating floods and landslides in recent years.
According to experts, the issue is being made worse by rising road building and climate change.
Four people two of them were children buried alive after three homes in the Lamjung district, west of Kathmandu, were swept away in a landslide on Wednesday, according to disaster official Dijan Bhattarai, who spoke to AFP.
According to Bhattarai, a spokesman for the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority, five individuals died after being struck by lightning, and four more people were killed in other landslides.
He stated, "One more person drowned in floods."
Since this month's monsoon started, six more people have perished in floods.
