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Lanslide in western Nepal kills 9, buries several houses
A landslide has buried several houses in a remote mountain village in western Nepal, killing at least nine people, an official said on Thursday.
- AP
- Published: 15:21 August 7, 2008
Kathmandu: A landslide has buried several houses in a remote mountain village in western Nepal, killing at least nine people, an official said on Thursday.
Hum Prasad Adhikari, the chief government administrator in Bajura district, said the landslide hit Amkot village on Wednesday night when the residents were sleeping.
The village is about 500 kilometres northwest of the capital, Kathmandu.
Adhikari said the village is about a six hour walk from the district capital and rescuers were only able to reach the area on Thursday morning.
Landslides are common during the rainy season in Nepal.
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