Unseasonal rains devastate paddy harvest across Nepal

Farmers in Jumla, Mahottari, Ramechhap, Salyan, and Kapilvastu report massive crop losses as pre-winter downpour inundates ready-to-harvest fields.

Farmer Jaya Krishna Dharal of Dharalbada in Jumla is anxious. The rain last Monday disrupted paddy harvesting and inundated his fields just as the crop had ripened.