Over two dozen people were killed in a severe thunderstorm that swept through parts of Southern Nepal and hundreds more were injured, police and officials said on Monday. Nepal’s Prime Minister K.P.
Sharma Oli in a tweet said 25 people had been killed, and about 400 were injured.He offered condolences to the families of the victims.
Rajesh Paudel, the top bureaucrat of Bara district, where the storm hit, said the death toll may increase as rescuers were still trying to reach many of those affected.READ ALSOPre-monsoon thunderstorms are common in Nepal during the spring season, although are rarely of an intensity that causes high casualties.
Police officer Sanu Ram Bhattarai said rescue teams had been dispatched to the affected villages, however reaching the victims was difficult at night. Television channels said the storm and accompanying heavy rainfall, uprooted trees and electric and telephone poles, crushing some people to death.
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