With recovery of more bodies, the death toll in floods and landslides-hit Nepal on Sunday climbed to 89 while 109 others still remain missing, as the Govt issued an alert against a possible cholera outbreak.
With rescue works almost complete, the death toll has reached 89 over the past four days of floods and landslides triggered by incessant rainfall mainly in Banke, Bardiya, Surkhet, Dang and Jajarkot districts of western Nepal, the Home Ministry spokesperson laxmi Prasad Dhakal said. The number of persons missing has reached 109 while that of the injured rose to 54, he added. More than 22,000 stranded people have been evacuated from various districts in western Nepal with the help of Army and other security agencies, he said.