Monsoon flooding kills at least 173 across South Asia
Heavy monsoon rains have unleashed landslides and floods that killed at least 173 people in recent days and displaced millions more across northern India, southern Nepal and Bangladesh.
Officials said Monday that they were still trying to determine the scale of the disaster, as weather forecasters predicted more rain for some areas and casualties were reported in multiple locations across the Himalayan foothills of South Asia.
Nepalese police were searching Monday for scores of people reported missing after rivers burst their banks and killed at least 80, according to police spokesman Pushkar Karki.
"The death toll may go up further as reports come in from remote areas," Karki said.
Many of those killed had drowned or been caught in collapsed houses or under toppled trees.
