The hailstorm has continued damaging the wheat crops during the harvest period.

Potatoes, mousambis, peaches, plums, bayberries are among vegetables and fruits that were destroyed by the sudden downpour with hailstorm, Senior Agricultural Development Officer Dil Bahadur Bista said.

It is yet to ascertain the value of crops destroyed by the hailstorm in the far-western Nepal.

The rain with hailstones have continued without interruption for over 10 hours now.

Similarly,  the hailstorm has also damaged crops in Badikedar, Bogatan, Jorayal among others in the southern region of Doti district.

Moreover, crops cultivated in  Babiyachar, lagam and Betan in the neighbouring Surkhet district have been damaged.

Meanwhile, it has been raining in Bajhang district for three days causing floods in the rivers.

(Reporting by Baburam Shrestha from Dadeldhura and Tekendra Deuba from Dhangadhi)