- Torrential rains, landslides and floods in Nepal has raised the death toll in Nepal to 97.
- Due to damaged roads, the govt is using 2000 rescue workers and 4 helicopters to evacuate those stranded and deliver emergency supplies.
- Fear of a cholera outbreak, a disease that spreads through contaminated food and water, has prompted the authorities to provide clean drinking water kits and dry food to the villagers.
- Read at: http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-international/97-killed-in-nepal-floods/article6327066.ece