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<p>At 7 am yesterday morning a section of the Bhagwati Bahal-Bal Mandir road in Naxal, Kathmandu collapsed into a deep excavation, closing this busy highway.</p>
<p>The site is an excavation for a new 5 star hotel, provisionally planned to be Hilton Doubletree. ...
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<p>KATHMANDU: More than 70 people lost their life in floods and landslides in several districts of eastern, central and western Nepal since Monday.</p>
<p>The Ministry of Home Affairs, however, said on Wednesday evening that 66 people are confirmed dead. The ...
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<p>Feb 24, 2016- Narchyang, Dana, Bhurung-Tatopani, Ghar and Histan villages in Myagdi district were covered in thick plumes of dust following Sunday’s night’s massive dry landslide, which was triggered by an aftershock. A magnitude 5.5 aftershock ...
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<p>CHAUTARA, JUL 09 - As many as 106 households of six VDCs in Sindhupalchowk district that were at high risk of landside following the April 25 quake have been shifted to a safer place in the district itself.</p>
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<p>At least 15 people were feared dead and several others were missing after a landslide triggered by heavy rainfall hit six villages in northeastern Nepal on Wednesday night. The Himalayan nation is struggling to recover from the aftermath of two earthquakes ...
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<p>The Himalayas are still unsettled more than a month after a devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Nepal. Though the latest calamity ended without a loss of life, the landslide and flood that occurred over the weekend are a reminder that the valleys beneath ...
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<p>The magnitude-7.3 earthquake that shook Nepal on Tuesday was an aftershock that the country could really have done without.<br />To make matters even worse, the epicentre of this quake lies right under one of the most landslide-prone parts of the country, ...
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<p>The magnitude 7.8 Gorkha earthquake that struck Nepal on April 25, 2015, caused extensive damage in Kathmandu Valley and severely affected Nepal's rural areas. The Langtang Valley in the Rasuwa district was particularly hard hit, as became apparent from ...
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<p>A powerful earthquake struck Nepal and sent tremors through northern India yesterday, killing more than 1,800 people, toppling a 19th-century tower in the capital Kathmandu and touching off a deadly avalanche on Mount Everest. There were reports of devastation ...
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<p>A major earthquake rattled various parts of North India with the epicentre in Nepal on Saturday afternoon. Places including Delhi, Jaipur, Ranchi, Uttar Pradesh and Nepal experienced the natural disaster. The earthquake was of 7.5 magnitude on Richter scale ...
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