KATHMANDU: The death toll from floods and landslides triggered by the incessant downpour in Nepal has climbed to 78, with 32 people still missing, police said.

Torrential downpour since Thursday has affected 28 districts across the country. A total of 40 people are injured in the monsoon mayhem.

Nepal Police and Nepal Army personnel have rescued 3,366 people so far from 22 flood-hit districts of the country so far.

As many as 33,000 people have been affected due to the calamity in the last three days, according to the figures maintained by the Home Ministry.