KATHMANDU: In the past two days, 40 people have lost their lives in various disasters across the country, while 13 others have been injured due to floods, landslides, lightning strikes, and road accidents, according to the Armed Police Force (APF) Nepal.
Additionally, 11 people have been reported missing in disaster-related incidents. In Ilam district alone, floods and landslides have claimed 28 lives and left two others seriously injured, the APF reported.
According to APF Joint Spokesperson Shailendra Thapa, the fatalities in Ilam are as follows: five in Suryodaya Municipality, six in Ilam Municipality, two in Deumai Municipality, one in Phakphokthum Rural Municipality, three in Mangsebung Rural Municipality, eight in Maijogmai Rural Municipality, and three in Sandakpur Rural Municipality.
Elsewhere, two deaths have been reported in Udayapur, three in Rautahat, four in Rasuwa, and one in Kathmandu due to floods and landslides.
In separate incidents, eight people were injured by lightning strikes in Khotang, Bhojpur, Rautahat, and Makawanpur districts. Meanwhile, six people died and six others were injured in a road accident in Panchthar district.
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