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Nepal Issues Heavy Rain Alert from Sept 24-27 Amid Flood Recovery Efforts
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News18•22-09-2026, 11:00
Nepal Issues Heavy Rain Alert from Sept 24-27 Amid Flood Recovery Efforts
- •Nepal's Department of Hydrology and Meteorology (DHM) issued a heavy rain alert for September 24-27 due to a low-pressure system developing over the Bay of Bengal.
- •Lumbini, Madhesh, and Koshi provinces are expected to receive higher-intensity rainfall; residents in southern plains and Koshi provinces are urged to remain alert.
- •The low-pressure system, currently over the central-eastern Bay of Bengal, is strengthening and could develop into a depression, potentially intensifying into a cyclonic storm.
- •The alert comes as Nepal continues search, rescue, and relief operations following the Rasuwa-Bhote Koshi floods, with 1,451 bodies recovered and DNA testing underway.
- •International forensic experts from India, Singapore, South Korea, US, and China are assisting Nepal with DNA and fingerprint analysis for flood victims.
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Nepal's Department of Hydrology and Meteorology issued an alert for heavy rainfall across parts of the country from September 24 to 27, driven by a low-pressure system developing over the Bay of Bengal.
Lumbini, Madhesh, and Koshi provinces are expected to receive higher-intensity rainfall during the weather system.
A total of 1,451 bodies have been recovered or rescued in connection with the Rasuwa-Bhote Koshi floods according to the disaster authority's report.
