Nepal recovers first body from buses swept away by landslide
Sunday, 14 July 2024 () Bharatpur, Nepal (AFP) July 13, 2024
Nepali rescue teams on Saturday recovered the first body from around 50 people missing after monsoon rains triggered a landslide that swept two buses off a highway and into a river. The force of Friday's landslide in central Chitwan district pushed the vehicles over concrete crash barriers and down a steep embankment, at least 30 metres (100 feet) from the road. "One body has been found
A catastrophic landslide in Central Nepal swept two buses carrying 65 passengers into the Trishuli River on July 12, leaving dozens missing. The incident, part of widespread monsoon-related disasters, has prompted a massive rescue operation hampered by continuous rainfall. Over the past month, at...