KATHMANDU, SEPTEMBER 28

The security agency has reported a total of 30 fatalities due to rain-induced disasters across the country.

This casualty figure includes deaths from floods and landslides in the Kathmandu Valley, where 21 people lost their lives, according to Shailendra Thapa, Joint Spokesperson of the Armed Police Force (APF).

Additionally, nine individuals have died and 11 remain missing outside the Valley. The APF has mobilized 1,947 security personnel and deployed 23 rafting boats for disaster response and rescue efforts in the Valley, where a total of 162 structures have been damaged.

So far, the APF has rescued 760 individuals. The casualties include nine each in Kathmandu and Lalitpur, three each in Kavrepalanchowk and Bhaktapur, two each in Panchthar and Dhankuta, and one each in Jhapa and Dhading.

Eighteen disabled children receiving treatment at the BP Koirala Eye Foundation in Lokanthali were rescued after the facility was waterlogged.