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Landslides
triggered by heavy monsoon rains in Nepal have engulfed scores of homes,
killing fifteen
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A landslide
triggered by heavy rainfall has buried six villages in Nepal's mountainous
northeast and at least 15 people are believed to have been killed.
Government administrator Surendra Bhattarai says the
landslide hit the villages in Taplejung district at night when people were at
home sleeping.
He says another 12 people are believed to be missing
but details are sketchy because of the remoteness of the area. It takes several
hours on mountain trails to reach the villages.
Landslides are common in mountainous Nepal during the
rainy monsoon season, which began in June and ends in September.
The Himalayan nation is still recovering from
earthquakes in April and May that killed more than 8,700 people and caused
massive damage.
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