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With in three weeks 51 deaths, 35 injured and 60 missing due to Flood and landslides


Kathmandu : The total deaths caused by the monsoon-induced disaster reached 51 with 35 injuries and 60 missing cases as of July 8 from June 14, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA). Floods and landslides triggered by torrential rainfall across the country since Wednesday evening killed seven persons, leaving nearly a dozen injured and six peoples missing.

Over these days, 548 infrastructures have been completely damaged and 148 partially. With further activation of monsoon phenomena since Wednesday evening, several regions have been continuously receiving heavy rainfall, according to senior divisional hydrologist Bikram Zoowa at the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology (DHM). 
According to Meteorological Forecasting Division under the DHM on Thursday, the present monsoon trough will remain active till Saturday afternoon in many parts of the country including Province Nos. 1, 2, Bagmati, and Lumbini. There is a chance of very heavy rainfall in one or two places of Bagmati, Gandaki and Lumbini Provinces this week. 
Of those killed in the last 24 hours, three were in Darchula, two in Palpa and one each in Tanahun and Dang districts.
Meanwhile, water flow in the Narayani and its tributaries, especially Budhigandaki, Trishuli, Marsyangdi and Kaligandaki, has increased significantly and some of them reached the alarming levels Thursday afternoon.
Also, the water flow in Saptakoshi and its tributaries Sunkoshi, Bhotekoshi, Tamakoshi, Dudhkoshi, Arun, Tamor and other rivers is expected to increase and some of them will reach near alert level while the flow in the Tinau, Kankai, Kamala, Bagmati and their tributaries will increase significantly till Saturday.

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