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200 People Killed in Monsoon Flooding in Nepal

HeadlineSep 30, 2024

In Nepal, nonstop monsoon rains and floods over the weekend killed nearly 200 people as rescue teams continue to search through the wreckage in the capital Kathmandu. People were left marooned on rooftops as streets turned into rivers and major roadways became blocked. It was Kathmandu’s heaviest rainfall in half a century, as the climate crisis intensifies extreme weather events.

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