7 Die in landslides in Nepal

Seven people were killed Wednesday in landslides across central Nepal triggered by heavy rain, news reports said, according to dpa. Four members of the same family were killed in the Nuwakot district when a mudslide swept away their home, the Kantipur news portal reported. Another landslide buried two people inside their home in nearby Kaski district. A man died in the Khotang district, 250 kilometres to the east, when his shop was buried by another landslide. Heavy monsoon rains triggered flash floods and landslides across the country, displacing hundreds of people and killing dozens in recent weeks. On Wednesday, Kathmandu recorded the highest rainfall of the year, according to the Weather Department. Hundreds of people are killed in Nepal every year in floods and landslides brought on by seasonal rains, according to the South Asian Floods organization, a forum for information exchange between affected countries.