Swift Disaster Response

In the span of 28 days, monsoon disasters in Nepal have claimed 48 lives and injured 54 people. Rainfall patterns have changed in recent years, resulting in high-intensity precipitations occurring over a short period of time which has amplified the magnitude of floods and landslides. Like every year, floods and landside have wreaked havoc causing a huge loss of lives and property, inundating farmlands and damaging infrastructure such as roads, bridges, power and communication networks. Those affected by the monsoon disasters require immediate search, rescue, relief assistance and rehabilitation. At least 16 people were killed and two went missing in floods and landslides triggered by heavy rainfall in three days from Friday to Sunday. A total of 28 persons went missing and 27 vital infrastructures were destroyed.