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Residents of Nepal’s flood-hit capital Kathmandu returned to their homes on Sunday to view the ravages of devastating floods that have killed at least 170 people in the Himalayan republic.
The background: Deadly rain-related floods and landslides are common across South Asia during the June to September monsoon season, but experts say climate change is increasing their frequency and severity.
Entire neighborhoods in Kathmandu were inundated this weekend by flash floods in rivers flowing through the capital and extensive damage to highways connecting the city to the rest of Nepal.
Weather officials in the capital blamed the rains on a low-pressure system in the Bay of Bengal that extended over parts of neighboring India, close to Nepal.
Earthmovers remove mangled car debris from a landslide caused by heavy rains in Kathmandu. Source: AP / Sujan Gurung / AP
The most important quote: “I have never seen flooding of this magnitude in Kathmandu before,” said Arun Bhakta Shrestha, an environmental risk officer.
What else you need to know: The Ministry of Hydrology and Meteorology said preliminary data from stations in 14 districts measured record-breaking rainfall in the 24 hours to Saturday morning.
A station at Kathmandu airport recorded about 240 millimeters of rain, the highest since 2002, the report said.
What follows: Humanitarian organizations assist in search and rescue operations and provide assistance.
Jagan Chapagain, head of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, said in a post on social platform
