DHANGADI, JULY 11

Various cities across the country have time and again been inundated due to continuous heavy rainfall since the onset of monsoon.

Following a similar pattern, several areas around Mahendranagar Bazaar in Kanchanpur district were inundated due to the rain pouring in since this morning.

Places such as Sabjimandi, Buspark, Aithpur were swamped with water, especially owing to the lack of a proper drainage system, causing disruption in everyday activities of people.

Similarly, huge acres of cultivable lands in Dodhara Chandani Municiplaity-10 have been converted into a sand bank as the rain induced floods carried the sands to the arable areas.

The flood in Mahakali River and Jagabuda River that flow through Baitifanta nearby Kutiyawakar of Dodhara Chandani, and through Surkheti-tol have completely destroyed paddy fields.

Moreover, the Meteorological Forecasting Division has predicted that at present, there is more probability of light to medium rain and thundershower with lightning in Sudurpashchim Province.

The Flood Forecasting Division had shared earlier this morning that the places near Dadheldhura, Gaibade and others are observing heavy rain and has forecasted more rain and chances of flash floods and landslides this week.

Between the time period of 5:00- 6:20 am today, the accumulated rainfall increased from 6.4mm to 22.4 mm in Gaibande station of Dadheldhura.

Currently, the accumulated rainfall at Gaibande in last 24 hours is recorded at 184.2 mm as of 2: 13 pm.

The Department of Hydrology and Meteorology has issued warning for all necessary precautions to be taken for the area.

Similarly, another warning signal has also been issued for Chiuri station in Doti which has shown an accumulated rainfall of 184.8 mm in last 24 hours, as recorded at 2:13 pm.