KATHMANDU, Nov 2: A total of 7,688 disaster incidents were reported across the country between mid-April and November 1, claiming 402 lives and leaving 17 people missing.
According to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA), the incidents included snakebites, landslides, floods, lightning strikes, fires, lake-related incidents, animal attacks, avalanches, storms, heavy rainfall, boat capsizings, forest fires, explosions, hailstorms and earthquakes.
19 dead, 64 injured in 355 disaster incidents over 10 days
Ram Bahadur KC, spokesperson and deputy secretary of the authority, said 1,735 landslides, 1,668 snakebite cases, 1,641 fires, 593 heavy rainfall events, 537 storms, 466 floods, 417 animal attacks and 333 lightning incidents were recorded during the period.
Similarly, the report documented 192 forest fires, 79 lake-related incidents, six avalanches, nine earthquakes, four hailstorms, two boat capsizings, one explosion and five other incidents.
Snakebites claimed the highest number of lives, with 116 fatalities, followed by landslides (77), floods (41), lightning strikes (36), fires (32), lake-related incidents (27), animal attacks (23), avalanches (19), storms (16), heavy rainfall (seven), boat capsizings (five), forest fires (one), explosions (one) and other incidents (five).
The disasters also left 2,529 people injured and displaced 9,857 families, according to the authority's statistics.
The authority said the detailed damage report on the Bhotekoshi flood in Rasuwa on August 26 had not yet been entered into its system. As a result, the data does not include the full impact of that disaster.
