35 killed, several missing in Nepal landslide
At least 35 people have been killed and more than a dozen reported missing after a landslide triggered by heavy rainfall battered villages in Nepal's mountainous northeast.
According to Nepalese government administrator Surendra Bhattarai, the landslide buried six villages in the Taplejung district on Wednesday night while people were sleeping.
Police sources said Friday that 35 bodies were recovered from the district, with some 18 people still missing after two days of search operations in the area, located about 500 kilometers (310 miles) east of the capital Kathmandu.
Landslides are common in mountainous Nepal, where there is frequent rainfall during monsoon season.
The monsoon season, lasting from June to October, causes floods with widespread destruction.
Last month, thousands of Nepalese were forced from their homes in northwestern parts of the country after a landslide blocked Kaligandaki River, raising fears of a devastating flash flood.
The Wednesday landslide came weeks after twin quakes killed 8,700 people in Nepal and caused massive damage.
Nepal suffered massive destruction after a powerful tremor measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale struck the Himalayan country on April 25, the worst quake to hit the region in 80 years, followed by a 7.3-magnitude temblor on May 12.
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