A freak storm battered several places in Southern Nepal on Sunday, killing 31 persons and injuring 600 others as high speed winds tore down houses, flipped vehicles and toppled trees and electricity poles. Massive winds accompanied by hailstorms and rain struck Bara and the adjoining district of Parsa late on Sunday evening. According to officials, 28 persons were killed in Bara, 128 kilometers south of Kathmandu, one person died in neighbouring Parsa while two more died in other parts of Southern Nepal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
High winds flipped cars and blew one passenger bus off a highway, causing fatalities. According to the police, many people were either killed after getting buried under rubbles of houses and metal roofs that flung all over the settlements, or after coming under the electric pylons and trees that were uprooted as the disaster advanced. According to Province 2 Attorney General Dipendra Jha, majority of the 600 injured are from Pheta and the Bhulahi Bharwaliya areas in Bara\u2019s Pheta Rural Municipality, which have mostly been affected by the hailstorm. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the District Police Office, Parsa, the number of casualties can see a rise as rescue efforts have gained pace. The estimates of infrastructural damages incurred in the disaster are yet to be ascertained as the storm has damaged hundreds of houses, electric pylons, while uprooted trees have obstructed the roads and highways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The storm also damaged over 12 passenger buses that were parked along the roadside during the incident, police added. The natural disaster also led to a power outage on Sunday night while the internet services have resumed in the affected districts. Security agencies including two battalions of the Nepal Army, Nepal Police and Armed Police Force of Nepal have been mobilised to carry out rescue and relief operation in the affected areas, according to Bara\u2019s Chief District Officer Rajesh Poudel. An emergency meeting of Province 2 Council of Ministers held Monday decided to provide Rs 300,000 to each victim\u2019s family along with relief package including tents, food items, medical supplies, among others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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