Disaster Preparedness

Each year, natural disasters like floods, landslides, forest fires and lightning claim hundreds of lives in Nepal. Likewise, wildlife attacks, plane crashes, altitude sickness and snake bites are other major menaces that take the lives of people. As per the news published in this daily the other day, a total of 8,861 disaster-related incidents occurred throughout the country and a total of 745 people were killed, 69 went missing, and 1702 sustained injuries in such incidents in 2081 BS.