By Courtney Spamer
At 6:30 a.m. Friday morning, local time, a landslide ravaged the Lidi area of the Jugal Rural Municipality in Sindhupalchok. The village is located approximately 47 km (29 miles) northeast of Nepal's capital of Kathmandu.
The New York Times reported that 11 people were killed with another 27 people still missing as of Friday evening. Five critically injured people were airlifted to a hospital in Kathmandu....
...The hill above the Lidi settlement was washed away in the heavy rainfall back on July 10, which put many of the villagers on edge due to the increased risk for a landslide. Resident Aash Bahadur Dong said locals had submitted memorandums to authorities asking to be moved to a safer location.
Rounds of rain and heavy thunderstorms struck in parts of the area this week, which may have attributed to the cause of the landslide.
Even more rainfall is anticipated across the region through the weekend as recovery efforts persist....
The Pacific Ocean has a large high pressure system whereby winds are mostly absent. That "blocking" high pressure system is slowing down the air movement over India, hence, the prolonged rains. The people need to make plans to be safe.
