85 killed in monsoon-induced disasters across country in two and half months

KATHMANDU: Eighty-five people were killed and 44 others went missing in the monsoon-induced disasters across the country so far since June 14, according to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MoFA).

As many as 5,500 people affected by the flooding and landslides were rescued to safety. Seventy districts have been affected by the incidents, said Hom Kala Pandey, chief of the Disaster Management Division under MoHA while making public the data on monsoon-induced disasters at the disaster management meeting on Friday.