Over 170 people dead and 59 missing after flooding and landslides in Nepal [Video]

LAST UPDATE | 6 hrs ago

RESIDENTS OF NEPAL’S flood-hit capital returned to their homes today to survey the wreckage of devastating floods that have killed at least 170 people across the Himalayan republic.

Deadly rain-related floods and landslides are common across South Asia during the monsoon season from June to September, but experts say climate change is increasing their frequency and severity.

Entire neighbourhoods in Kathmandu were inundated over the weekend with flash floods reported in rivers coursing through the capital and extensive damage to highways connecting the city with the rest of Nepal.

Aerial image of the Kathmandu valley, Bagmati River, seen yesterday in flood due to heavy rains in Kathmandu, Nepal Alamy Stock Photo Alamy Stock Photo

Kumar Tamang, who lives in a slum area by a riverbank, told AFP he and his family had to flee after midnight on Saturday as waters rushed into his shack.

“This morning we returned and everything …