The Kathmandu Valley has recorded highest-ever rainfall this year.
According to the Weather Forecasting Division under the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology, this marks the highest rainfall since the beginning of rain measurement in Nepal. Meteorologist Rojan Lamichhane reported the Tribhuvan International Airport's Rain Measurement Center on Saturday morning recorded 239.7 mm of rain in 24 hours. This rainfall broke the previous record of 177 mm, set in 2002, said Lamichhane.
Meteorologist Lamichhane informed the government that preliminary studies indicate this is the heaviest rainfall ever measured in the Kathmandu Valley. A detailed report will be published following a comprehensive study, he added.
Rainfall measurements were also taken at nine other centers in the Valley.
Lalitpur's Chapagaun recorded 323 mm of rain in 24 hours, surpassing the previous mark of 200.5 mm measured in 2002.
The department also reported rainfall measurements in other locations, including 112.4 mm in Jiri, 100 mm in Janakpur, 113.3 mm in Lumle, 177.6 mm in Dharan, 173 mm in Dhankuta, 110.1 mm in Okhaldhunga, 120 mm in Simra, and 194.2 mm in Bhairahawa.
As of Saturday evening, floods, landslides, and inundation caused by heavy rains claimed the lives of 100 people nationwide, with 67 still missing. A total of 37 people have died in the Kathmandu Valley alone, and 21 are missing. However, weather conditions have improved steadily since Saturday evening. -- RSS