Rain kills 56 in Uttar Pradesh and at least 12 in Nepal

• Uttar Pradesh reported 56 deaths, 46 injuries and 1,021 damaged homes after heavy rain on September 25 and 26.¹
• Nepal’s disaster authority reported 12 deaths and seven missing since September 24; a later Reuters report gave figures of 14 dead and 11 missing.²³
• More than 1,100 people were moved to safety in Nepal’s Nawalparasi area. Flooding inundated homes, while landslides blocked roads and damaged infrastructure.²⁴
• Forecasters warned of further rain and flood risks on Sunday, September 27.²⁵

In Uttar Pradesh, the relief commissioner’s situation report attributed the deaths to rain-related incidents across the state. Sitapur recorded the most, with seven. The rain also killed 107 animals; officials were still assessing crop losses. The state averaged 66.5 millimetres of rain over September 25 and 26, against a normal 7.6 millimetres for the period.¹

Nepal’s toll remains unreconciled. The Kathmandu Post, citing disaster authority spokesperson Shanti Mahat, reported 12 deaths and seven missing since September 24. A later Reuters update put the figures at 14 dead and 11 missing. The reports give different snapshots; the higher figure is not a reconciled official total.²³

The effects were visible in local communities. The Kathmandu Post reported more than 200 houses inundated in Susta, Nawalparasi West, with about 400 residents moved to a shelter. In Butwal, 20 families living beside the Tinau River were moved to a school. Landslides blocked roads in Baglung, and rain and fallen trees affected power lines in Palpa and Dadeldhura.⁴

On Sunday, Radio Nepal reported that a landslide in Baglung buried four members of one family; police had recovered three bodies by the time of publication. The disaster authority said more than 1,100 people in the Nawalparasi area had been relocated, and two helicopters were deployed for rescue operations in Myagdi.²⁶

The disruption reached beyond local roads and power lines. Reuters reported power supply completely disrupted in Manang, Mustang, Myagdi and Baglung, damage to a 40-megawatt hydropower project on the Rahuganga River, and telecommunications disruption in parts of Nepal after damage to fibre-optic lines and power supplies.³

The immediate threat had not passed. Nepal’s disaster authority said rain could continue in some areas through Sunday night, increasing the risk of rising rivers, floods and landslides. The India Meteorological Department warned of heavy rain in eastern Uttar Pradesh and very heavy rain in western Uttar Pradesh on September 27.²⁵ Reuters described the late-September emergency as distinct from Nepal’s August disaster; districts hit by that earlier flooding remained on alert but were not then classified as high-risk areas in the current emergency.³

Footnotes

1. The Times of India, “UP rain havoc: 56 dead, 46 injured in 48 hours; over 1,000 houses damaged”. ↩ ↩²

2. The Kathmandu Post, “Floods and landslides kill 12 across Nepal”. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶

3. Reuters, republished by MarketScreener, “Floods, landslides kill 56 in India and 14 in Nepal”. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴

4. The Kathmandu Post, “Landslide kills one as heavy rain disrupts life across Nepal”. ↩ ↩²

5. India Meteorological Department, Uttar Pradesh sub-division warnings. ↩ ↩²

6. Radio Nepal, “Six people killed and three other missing in landslides in Baglung and Palpa”. ↩