Landslide in Nepal (symbolic picture)
Kathmandu: Seven people of two families have died in separate incidents of landslides caused by incessant rains in western Nepal in the last 24 hours. This information was given by the police on Monday. According to the police, a house was swept away due to a landslide in Bangal Nagarpalika-10 on Sunday night, burying four members of a family alive in Bajhang district. Police said that the dead included 50-year-old Kali Dhami, his daughter-in-law and grandsons aged six and three years. However, six other members of the family survived this fury of nature.
Landslide happened here too
In Jajarkot district, a landslide at Majhagaon in Nalgarh Nagarpalika-2 on Monday morning caused the death of three members of a family. According to police, the family was living in the temporary shelter since their house collapsed in an earthquake last year.
what do the statistics say
Let us tell you that, last month, heavy rains triggered a landslide in Simaltal area along the Narayanghat-Mugling road in Chitwan district, which swept away two buses carrying 65 passengers, including seven Indians. Monsoon-related disasters in the Himalayan nation have claimed more than 1,800 lives in a decade. During this period, about 400 people went missing and more than 1,500 people were injured in disasters.
What causes landslides?
Landslides occur when the pull of gravity exceeds the strength of the geomaterial that makes up the slope of a hill or mountain. The geomaterial can be a variety of materials such as rocks, sand, silt and clay. Then some portion of this slope begins to slide downhill. Depending on how steep the slope is, the volume of material sliding down can range from just a few cubic metres to millions of cubic metres. (Language)
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