With another flood possible, NDRRMA urged all personnel involved in rescue and relief operations along the Bhote Koshi and Trishuli rivers, as well as anyone still in high-risk areas, to exercise extreme caution.
KATHMANDU: Nepalese authorities issued a fresh warning on Friday of another possible flood after an increased flow of water mixed with debris and mud was reported in the same stretch of the Bhote Koshi River where a catastrophic flash flood struck on Wednesday, reported Xinhua.
“Information has been received that the flow of water mixed with debris and mud has increased again today in the same area of the Bhote Koshi River in Rasuwa, where a major flood occurred on August 26,” the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA) said in a notice.
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With another flood possible, NDRRMA urged all personnel involved in rescue and relief operations along the Bhote Koshi and Trishuli rivers, as well as anyone still in high-risk areas, to exercise extreme caution.
It also advised them to move immediately to safer ground if danger if they observed any signs of danger.
The death toll from the devastating floods has risen to 475, with hundreds still missing as search teams scour rivers and downstream areas for survivors and bodies.
