Above-average rainfall recorded in first four weeks of monsoon

At least 112 people died in incidents of landslide, flood and lightning, and 58 others have been missing since the start of the monsoon this year.

Nepal has recorded above-average rainfall in the first month of monsoon in the country. According to the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology, which provided data from 20 major rainfall measuring stations, 539 millimetres of rainfall was recorded between June 10 and July 9.