Nepal landslides toll climbs to 36: police
Emergency workers on Friday recovered seven more bodies from the debris of multiple landslides triggered by heavy rains in Nepal, taking the confirmed death toll to 36, according to AFP.
Police said rescuers were still searching for six people believed missing after Thursday's landslides, which crushed villages in the western district of Kaski in the foothills of the Himalayas, around 150 kilometres (90 miles) west of Kathmandu.
"The number of dead has risen to 32 in our district," said Kaski police chief Kedar Rajaure.
Four more people, including an 83-year-old man, were killed in three landslides in the neighbouring districts of Myagdi and Baglung as well as in the popular tourist resort of Chitwan, according to a statement released by authorities.
Scores of people die every year from flooding and landslides during the monsoon season in the Himalayan nation.