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Myagdi Flood: 11 houses inundated
A person went missing as 11 houses were inundated by a flooded Begh stream in Begh VDC-6 of Myagdi on Friday.A person went missing as 11 houses were inundated by a flooded Begh stream in Begh VDC-6 of Myagdi on Friday.
Purna Prasad Sinjali Magar, a local, has gone missing after the flood entered settlements in the village, police said adding that 11 families have been displaced due to the flood triggered by incessant rains since Thursday night. Flood victim Dutbahalur Sinjali Magar said people fled their settlements in search of safer locations after the flood entered their houses at night.
The flooded stream also swept away a suspension bridge and a Bailey bridge of the Beni-Jomsom road. The electricity service has been disrupted in Manang and northern part of the district after the flood swept away electric poles, according to the Nepal Electricity Authority.