Death toll due to the storm that hit Kailali and Kanchanpur Thursday night has reached two while more than 100 have been injured . The details about the losses caused by storm in the districts are awaited.
In Kailali, Lahanu Dagaura, 47, died when the storm destroyed a poultry farm at Tikapur municipality-2, said Police Inspector at the District Police Office, Prakash Dangi. Similarly, motorcyclist Bir Bahadur Chaurdhary died when the motorcycle (Se 21 Pa 5821) he was riding collided with a tipper at Godawari municipality-8 in Kailali district at the time of storm.
Over 75 persons were injured at different places of Kailali district when zinc sheet blown by storm as well as trees and electric poles, uprooted following the storm, hit them.
Of the injured, Janak Malla, Gautam Malla of Godawari municipality, Sarita Joshi and Siknata Chaurdhary of Dhangadhi were critically injured. Janak and Gautam are receiving treatment at Seti Zonal Hospital while Joshi and Chaudhary have been referred to India for further treatment.
Others are undergoing treatment at Seti Zonal Hospital and private health institutions, said police.
Power supply has been disrupted as well as vehicular movement obstructed at some places in Kailali district as electric poles and trees were uprooted following the storm. Teams from Nepal Army, Armed Police Force and Nepal Police were mobilized immediately to rescue the injured and those trapped in the storm.
Meanwhile, in Kanchanpur district, 23 people were injured at Bedkot municipality and Bhimdutta municipality. Of the injured, eight are undergoing treatment at Seti Zonal Hospital, Kailali and one of them is critically injured.
Deputy Superintendent of Police at the District Police Office, Kanchanpur, Gyan Bahadur Bista, said that 15 other injured are receiving treatment at Mahakali Zonal Hospital.
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