Two teenage girls drowned and another went missing in a flood in Kanchanpur district on Monday.

Superintendent of Police Chakraraj Joshi of Kanchanpur District Police Office said two 15-year-old girls drowned near their homes in Punarbas Municipality-5.

The whereabouts of the missing girl are still unknown, and police are actively searching for her. Police said a 12-year-old girl, who was accompanying them, managed to escape.

According to the police, they drowned on a flooded road while moving from one neighbourhood to another in the village.

Continuous rain for the past two days has submerged most areas of Kanchanpur. Floods in rivers, including the Mahakali, have displaced 900 families in the district. According to the Kanchanpur District Police Office, 3,293 members of 891 households were relocated to safer locations as of Monday morning.

Earlier on Sunday, a seven-month-old infant drowned in Krishnapur Municipality after floodwaters entered his house, while a 23-year-old man from Beldandi Rural Municipality-3 went missing after being swept away by the Chaudhar river.