Storm coupled with incessant rain blew away roofs of at least 50 houses in Dhading district on Thursday evening.
Properties worth millions of rupees have been destroyed in the violent storm, according to preliminary reports by the Nepal Red Cross Society (NRCS). Crops worth amounting to tens of thousands of rupees were also destroyed in the catastrophe.
Houses in Benighat Rorang Rural Municipality's ward 6, 7 and 10, Gajuri Rural Municipality's ward 2, Khalte of Nilkantha Municipality, Chyamarung and Galchhi Rural Municipality ward 5 have been destroyed in the storm-triggered catastrophe, said President of the NRCS, Dhading, Narayan Timalsina.
Details of loss from other areas of the district are yet to be assessed, said the NRCS. Efforts were underway to collect details of the loss, said ward chair of Galchhi Rural Municipality-5, Prem Tamang.
Efforts are underway to collect details of loss in Benighat Rorang Rural Municipality and the victims would be provided with relief materials, said chair of the Rural Municipality Hari Dallakoti.
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