Flood-landslide disaster in eastern Nepal: 25 missing, 1 dead

KATHMANDU, June 18: 25 people have gone missing in the flood and landslide that occurred in eastern Nepal after the heavy rainfall last night. Police have informed that 1 person has died in the disaster.

Seven houses have been swept away by the flood last night in Hewakhola of the Sankhuwasabha district. Police Chief of the District Police Office, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Birendra Godar, informed that 16 workers working in the Super Hewakhola Hydropower have gone out of contact.