The Kosi, bursting through its embankment at Kusaha in Nepal, has swung 120 km eastwards, changing the lives of thousands of people.

Victims of the Koshi floods clashed with the police at Haripur in Sunsari district on Monday.
Some four police officers and two displaced have been injured in the clash. The injured include police personnel Navin Kumar Ghimire, Dorje Tamang, Durga Khadka, Mukunda Gurung and displaced Mahendra Nath Pathak.

Floods and landslides triggered by incessant rainfall since Friday continue to claim lives in various mid and farwestern districts of the country. Thousands have been displaced while hundreds are still awaiting rescue in their waterlogged villages.
In Kanchanpur district alone, the death toll has reached 15, with seven more reported deaths, most of them children.

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Not even a week after Maoist minister Matrika Yadav retook a huge swathe of land and house belonging to several locals of Siraha, discarding Home Minister Bamdev Gautam's directives to vacate it on September 15, local Maoists here in Bara district captured seven bigha land belonging to former king Gyanendra's elder sister Shanti Singh at Simara-2, Sunday.

At least 12 people died in landslide in different districts in past few days.
Seven people were killed in landslide in Doti and Dhangadi districts following an incessant rainfall for last three days.

Floods and landslides triggered by torrential monsoon rainfall in the last two days have killed over two dozen people in far-western districts.

Many people in the country are gripped by the destruction caused by floods in the Kosi river of Bihar, leading to vicious misery and displacement of nearly two-and-half million people there. However, floods are common and intrinsic to the Bihar economy.

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), through its Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) has announced the release of an additional $800,000 as relief funds to the recent flood victims at Sunsari and Saptari districts of Nepal.

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