Three persons died in two separate incidents of flash flood in Rolpa and Surkhet districts on Thursday night. 

Sudden flood in a local river swept away 70-year-old Tek Bahadur Ghartimagar of Jinabang-1 in Rolpa district. According to the District Police Office, Ghartimagar’s body was found 7 kilometers downsteream on Friday morning.  Flood also swept away a bus (Na 3 Kha 8142) and a tractor (Lu 2 Ta 8445) parked at Sukhaodar Bazaar. 

Locals said around 31 local shops and 12 houses were affected by floodings. VDC secretary of Jinabang said a flood also destroyed the building of District Veterinary Office. In Surkhet, a massive flood at Kaphalkot VDC-3 swept away two young women, Heema Budha, 19, and Bipana Budha 20. Their bodies wee taken to Jajarkot District Hospital for postmortem.