Biratnagar to Chitwan National park in Nepal are the Terai where the Plains of India meet the Himalayas finally in Nepal. So, the water likely is hitting the mountains and then coming down streams and rivers too fast to disperse on the Terai of Nepal. I have been a week or so in Chitwan National park and seen the Rhinos and Tigers and large snakes there and the elephants then in 1986 around February and March of that year. I have pictures of the elephants washing themselves in the river there.
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KATHMANDU, Nepal – Police say landslides and flooding triggered by heavy rain have killed at least 47 …
Floods, landslides triggered by heavy rain kill 47 in Nepal
KATHMANDU, Nepal – Police
say landslides and flooding triggered by heavy rain have killed at
least 47 people in southern Nepal and left thousands homeless.
Police spokesman Pushkar Karki said
Sunday that he expected the death toll to go up, with around two dozen
other people missing and feared dead after three days of heavy downpours
in at least nine southern districts of the Himalayan country.
Police said floodwaters toppled telephone towers and power lines, cutting communications and electricity in many areas.In the eastern city of Biratnagar, the airport was closed after the runway was submerged under more than half a meter (2 feet) of water.
Landslides and flooding are common in the Himalayan region during the monsoon season, which runs from June through September.
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