Landslides, floods kill 63 in Nepal and India

Landslides and floods triggered by heavy downpours in Nepal and neighboring India have killed more than 60 people, officials said Sunday, as rescue workers raced to reach cutoff communities in remote mountainous terrain.

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This handout photograph taken and released by Nepal's Army on October 5, 2025 shows Army personnel carrying a landslide victim evacuated by a helicopter following heavy rain-triggered landslides and floods in Nepal. AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE

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Torrential downpours have lashed Nepal since Friday, leaving rivers in spate and many areas in the Himalayan nation inundated.

At least 43 people have died in rain-triggered disasters and five are missing, Shanti Mahat, spokeswoman for Nepal's National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority, told AFP.

At least 37 were killed by landslides in the worst-affected eastern district of Illam.

"Heavy rains overnight caused the landslides," said local district official Sunita Nepal.

"With roads blocked, some areas are difficult to reach. Rescue workers are heading there on foot."