First monsoon landslide in Nepal leaves 12 dead

Last update: June 8, 2013 at 1:07 pm by By Armand Vervaeck

Nepal landslide Update (June 8 -08:42 UTC)

The death toll of the Taplejung landslide in Nepal has risen to 12. Besides the already 9 reported dead the day before yesterday, the police has stopped searching for the 3 missing which brings the total fatalities to 12.
This is the first major incident after the start of the monsoon. Monsoon rains are triggering many deadly landslides each year in the Himalayas.

Nepal landslide kills 9 people (June 6 -15:42 UTC)
Nine people including eight members of one family were perished in a landslide at Thukima VDC-6 in Taplejungdistrict on Wednesday night. Three others have gone missing. According to DSP Govinda Acharya, the landslide triggered by incessant rainfall buried their houses killing Asta Bahadur Siwa, 60, his wife, son Salman Siwa, 40, daughter-in-law Manmaya Siwa, 34, and grandchildren Naniran, 14, Naina Ram and Khagendra 12 and ten-year-old Nina of Tej Bahadur Siwa. One Sukumaya was rescued from the mudslide but she breathed her last as she was brought to the district headquarters for treatment.

from:     http://earthquake-report.com/2013/06/01/worldwide-landslide-report/