28 dead as rescuers struggle to reach storm-hit southern Nepal

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Rescuers struggled Monday to reach villages in southern Nepal cut off by a powerful rainstorm that killed at least 28 people and injured hundreds more&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>High winds during the storm Sunday night flipped cars and blew a bus carrying at least 40 people off a road&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Police said most of the deaths were caused by collapsing walls and falling bricks in homes and toppled trees and electricity poles&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The storm swept through villages in a farming region in Bara and Parsa districts&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The government administrator in Bara&comma; Rajesh Poudel&comma; said Monday that 27 were killed there&period; One person died in neighbouring Parsa&comma; administrator Narayan Bhattarai said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The country’s prime minister Khadga Prasad Oli cancelled a visit to western Nepal and was flying to the area to observe rescue efforts&comma; his office said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The National Emergency Operation Centre in Kathmandu said 612 people were injured and teams with tents and other material were sent to the area&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Villagers gathered what they could salvage from what was left of their homes in Bharwalia village&comma; where most people live in huts made of mud and bricks with straw and stone roofs&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Most of the huts were blown down by the strong winds&comma; leaving people without shelter or food&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The storm took everything we had&comma; including all the goods we had&period; We have no food to eat or any roof over our heads&comma;”<&sol;em> said Jebeda Khatung&comma; who was digging through the debris in hopes of finding some of her belongings&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The weather was clearer Monday&comma; and helicopters were expected to begin taking the injured to medical facilities&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Local television showed the injured being taken to a hospital in cars&comma; ambulances and even on motorcycles&comma; but roads in many villages were blocked by fallen trees and electricity poles&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68cd3cfa15f72">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; function &lpar;&rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; false &equals;&equals;&equals; &lpar; window&period;isWatlV1 &quest;&quest; false &rpar; &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&sol;&sol; Use Aditude scripts&period;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings &equals; window&period;tudeMappings &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings&period;push&lpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;divId&colon; 'atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68cd3cfa15f72'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;format&colon; 'belowpost'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; document&period;readyState &equals;&equals;&equals; 'loading' &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;document&period;addEventListener&lpar; 'DOMContentLoaded'&comma; window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; else &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback&lpar;&rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;script>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>


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