A total of 13 people have been confirmed dead in the recent floods caused by monsoon rains in Jhapa while two have gone missing.

According to the Nepal Red Cross Society (NRCS) Jhapa Chapter, 2,524 households have been affected by the disaster, 2,444 families have been displaced while 521 houses have been completely destroyed.

Security personnel rescued 2,200 people of 440 families to safer places such as schools and community buildings. The Chapter reached out to the 1,850 families hit by the disaster survivors with basic non-food relief assistance materials such as tent, blanket, utensils, and mats.

Likewise various organisations including Sahara Nepal, Korean Nepali Society and Rotary Club and in cooperation of the NRCS distributed food stuffs— rice, pulses, sugar, salt packets, edible oil, and beaten rice— to 1,760 affected families in the district, the NRCS branch said. RSS