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Six die in Nepal landslides, scores displaced
Aug 3, 2010, 8:11 GMT
Kathmandu - Six people were killed in a mudslide triggered by heavy rain in north-eastern Nepal, local media reported Tuesday.
Twelve others were missing and six others severely injured in Dolakha district, 133 kilometres north-east of Kathmandu, independent Avenues Television reported.
More than 60 labourers had been digging a tunnel at the Sipirang River hydro-electricity project late Monday when the landslide occurred.
Police reported they were having difficulties rescuing the victims because of the location of the tunnel. Survivors were airlifted to nearby hospitals.
In Kaski district, 170 kilometres west of the capital, four students were missing after a mudslide swept away a local school, independent Sagarmatha Television reported.
The landslide also blocked the nearby Madi River, which was threatening to flood a nearby village as it swelled with the monsoon rain.
Nearly 30 families were displaced in the district of Taplejung in far eastern Nepal. Scores have been displaced in Baglung and Myagdi districts in mid-western part of the country, the Republica newspaper reported.
Every year, hundreds die and thousands are left homeless due to flash floods and landslides caused by the monsoon rains in Nepal.
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