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Death toll rises to 39 in Ilam floods and landslides
Body of missing youth recovered on Tuesday.bookmark
Laxmi Gautam
Published at : October 7, 2025
Updated at : October 7, 2025 13:40
Panchthar
The death toll from the floods and landslides that struck Ilam on Saturday has risen to 39, after the body of 24-year-old Prabesh Gurung of Sandakpur Rural Municipality-5 was recovered on Tuesday.
According to Superintendent of Police Ek Narayan Koirala of the District Police Office, Ilam, Gurung had been missing since Saturday.
His body was found 400 metres downstream from the spot swept by the river.
On Saturday alone, 37 people were killed in landslides in Ilam. Subsequently, a body from Ilam Municipality-10 was found in Jhapa on Monday. Mahendra Limbu of Ilam Municipality-6 remains missing.
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