7,688 Disaster Incidents Reported in Country from Mid-April till November 2

The country reported a total of 7,688 disaster-related incidents in between mid-April and November 2. Such incidents resulted in over 400 deaths, and 17 cases of missing. According to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority, such incidents include the cases of snakebites, landslides, floods, lightning strikes, fires, altitude sickness, animal attacks, avalanches, winds and storms, boat-capsize, forest fires, hailstone, earthquakes and so on.

NDRRMA Spokesperson Ram Bahadur KC said that during this period, there were 1,735 incidents of landslides, 1,668 of snakebites, 1,641 of fires, 593 of heavy rainfall, 537 of storms, 466 of floods, 417 of animal attacks, and 333 of lightning strikes.

Likewise, there were 192 incidents of forest fires, 79 of altitude sickness, six avalanches, nine earthquakes, four hailstorms, two boat- capsizes, one explosion, and five other incidents. Snakebites accounted for the highest number of fatalities, with 116 deaths, followed by landslides with 77, floods with 41, lightning strikes with 36, fires with 32, altitude sickness with 27 and animal attacks with 23.

Similarly, 19 fatalities were due to avalanches, 16 from storms, seven from rainfall, five from boat capsizes, one from a forest fire, one from an explosion, and five from other incidents. Similarly, 2529 people were injured, while 9,857 families were displaced as a result of these disasters.

According to NDRRMA statistics, the data do not include losses and damage caused by the Bhotekoshi-Trishuli river system floods on August 26, as comprehensive details of the disaster have not yet been entered into the system. (RSS)