Six people went missing, hundreds of houses were inundated and transportation was obstructed along various roadways owing to water-induced disasters nationwide.

A few houses were damaged while over a dozen people sustained injuries in the incidents. Security personnel have been mobilised to rescue victims.

In Jajarkot, two persons died and as many others went missing in separate incidents of landslide on Thursday. Nabarati Bohara and her eight-year-old son were killed when a landslip swept away a house at Sakla-3. Three other family members were seriously hurt. The villagers rescued the injured three hours later.

Deputy Superintendent of Police Chakra Bahadur Singh said Ishara Nepali and Prakash Nepali went missing in a landslide at Ramidanda-9, Jajarkot, in their bid to flee. Six people were injured. Jivan Rawal, a local, told the Post that the injured were deprived of treatment in the lack of a health facility close by and roads and bridges rendered impassable. Our correspondent in Rukum said two persons were buried in a landslide at Chunbang VDC-8 on Thursday evening. Police identified the dead as Bimala Gharti and her brother Bijaya Gharti. Two others were injured. Five persons were swept away by floods in Morang, Sindhuli and Udayapur districts while four others went missing in similar incidents in Siraha, Udayapur and Dhanusha districts.

In Morang, Karna Bahadur Kepchhaki of Letang and Khadga Bahadur Limbu of Barangi were swept while crossing rain-fed local streams. In Sindhuli, Bhakta Bahadur Shrestha of Hatpate was caught by the Kamala river in his bid to cross it.

One Bhanubhakta Rai of Ilam was swept away by the Dwar stream in Udayapur, police said, while Gopal Bhitrikoti of Tulasi-2 was carried by the Sinduri stream in Dhanusha. In Chitwan, Renuka Chepang, a 22-year-old pregnant woman, died when a landslide crushed her while working in the field at Shaktikhor-2. Scores of houses were inundated in Banke, Bardiya, Chitwan, Rautahat, Sarlahi and Siraha districts, displacing hundreds of people. In Bardiya alone, about 300 houses were waterlogged at Mahammadpur and Gulariya. Vehicular movement came to a halt on the Dhanusha-Mahottari stretch of the East-West Highway as a bridge across the Ratu stream caved in. Authorities said the flood damaged a pillar to the west, sinking the bridge 38 cm. Sections of BP Highway, Koshi Highway and Beni-Jomsom road have also been disrupted.

The volume of water in the Koshi river was recorded this year’s highest 306,430 cusec on Thursday. Thirty-eight floodgates were opened in order to reduce the disaster risk.

(With inputs from our district correspondents)