2017-08-12
Emergency Obs. Request Information
- Disaster Type: Flood
- Country: Nepal
- Occurrence Date (UTC):
- SA activation Date(UTC): 12 August, 2017
- Requester: International Center for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)
- Escalation to the International Charter:
- GLIDE Number:
Disaster Situation
[Detail AOI] Ministry of Home Affairs requested 8 points for observation. Name of place and Center co-ordinates are as follow;
1. Biratnagar airport (26.482032, 87.263820)
2. Koshi barrage (26.526237, 86.926674)
3. Saptari-tilathi (26.464246, 86.774349)
4. Rautahat-gaur (26.779347, 85.277173)
5. Kailali-dhangadi (28.695385, 80.615273)
6. Banke-nepalgunj (28.074458, 81.644272)
7. Bardiya-gulariya (28.207466, 81.337688)
8. Itahari (26.673874, 87.270655)
[Disaster Situation] The death toll in rain- triggered floods and landslides in Nepal has climbed to 91 with 38 persons still missing and over six million people affected by natural calamity. Nepal Ministry of Home Affairs said 2,847 houses were completely damaged in the disaster.