Flash flood in Melamchi River sweeps away three more houses, 111 houses swept away so far

KATHMANDU, August 18: A flash flood triggered by an incessant rainfall in the Melamchi River on Tuesday night has swept away three more houses.

Bhimsen Thapa, a local resident, said that three houses at Melamchi-6 were swept away by the flash flood last night. “Houses belonging to Krishna Bahadur, Boj Bahadur and Dipesh Thapa were wiped away by the flood,” he added.