Mudslides kill 13 in Nepal – region also struck by a 5.3 magnitude quake

June 2015 – NEPAL – At least 13 people died and many more are missing after mudslides hit villages reeling from April’s earthquake, authorities said Thursday. A dozen landslides triggered by torrential rain have hit six villages in the Taplejung district in eastern Nepal, said Surendra Bhattarai, the assistant chief district officer. Nineteen people remain missing, he said.
Dozens of families have been taken to safer areas as security forces and police search for survivors.

This post was published at The Extinction Protocol on June 12, 2015.