Janakpur Airport Paralysed – Runway Flooded; Over 50 Dead In Nepal So Far

The rain is expected to continue in the coming days, according to the Nepal Meteorological Forecasting Division, raising fears that the overflowing of rivers might wash more villages away.

Media reports say at least 700 Indian, Chinese, American and other tourists stranded in Sauraha in Chitwan have been rescued. Flood waters had entered the hotels in that area.

Reports say thousands of acres of land have been inundated under water with the eastern Terai remaining totally deprived of power supply. Rivers are flowing over the danger mark in several parts of the Terai region posing a serious threat to human settlements near the embankment.

Many of them made use of the trolleys in which their luggages were being transferred.

Passengers had to walk through the submerge way to enter the terminal.

Torrential rains have wreaked havoc in Nepal with floods and landslides claiming over 50 lives in the past few days. The runway at Janakpur irprot was submerged under more than half a metre of water.