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Why Nepal floods killing 200 are severely devastating

The incessant rains since Friday caused flash floods and landslides, with destruction left in all of Nepal. The death toll over the weekend reached almost 200, with at least 30 people still missing.

Flooding hit the city of Kathmandu the hardest, while over 34 people have been killed. All roads to the city are blocked, and a great deal of houses have been damaged.

Nepali authorities confirmed Sunday that incessant rainfall since last Friday had caused flooding and landslides.

At least almost 200 people have been killed in Nepal over the weekend, according to police on Monday, even as at least 30 people remain missing.

Many parts of the country have come to a halt, with many highways and road stretches disrupted, hundreds of houses buried or swept away, and hundreds of families displaced.

At least 192 people have been confirmed to have lost their lives in the continuous rainfall, floods, landslides, and inundation, according to officials from the Nepal Police.

The officials say 94 others have sustained various degrees of injuries throughout the country as well, while 30 others are missing.

Flooding had hit Kathmandu the hardest, with over 34 people killed in the city.

A landslide on a blocked highway killed three dozen people about 16 kilometers from the capital. The landslide buried at least three buses and other vehicles where people slept because the road was blocked.

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