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The Department of Hydrology and Meteorology has said that the rain-causing low pressure monsoon system has exited the country. 

Issuing a press release this afternoon, the Department shared this information. 

The Department said though the rain-causing system has exited and weather has started improving, requesting one and all to stay alert to be protected from monsoon-induced disaster in the current situation.

The low-pressure monsoon system that was developed from Bay of Bengal had remained active from October 3 till this morning and affected different places of the country. 

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed sorrow over the loss of lives and damage caused by heavy rains in Nepal.

Taking to X, the Indian Prime Minister said, “The loss of lives and damage caused by heavy rains in Nepal is distressing. We stand with the people and Government of Nepal in this difficult time."

 “As a friendly neighbour and first responder, India remains committed to providing any assistance that may be required," he added.

Domestic flights at Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA), which had been suspended due to incessant rainfall and subsequent adverse weather on October 4, have resumed with an improvement in weather since this morning.

TIA General Manager Hansaraj Pandey said that the flights have resumed since this morning. 

In the past two days, 40 people died while 11 remain missing in disasters which largely include the monsoon-triggered incidents in various parts of the country. 

Similarly, 13 have been injured in the incidents related to flooding, landslides, lightning strikes and road accidents. 

 In Ilam alone, the death toll, so far highest, is 28 while two have been severely injured, the Armed Police said. 

Similarly, two deaths in food and landslides have been reported from Udaypur, three from Rautahat, four from Rasuwa and one in Kathmandu. 

Eight were injured from the lightning strikes in Khotang, Bhojpur, Rautahat and Makawanpur, 

In Pachthar, six died in a road accident and six others have been injured. 

Heavy rain on October 4 inundated at least 450 houses in Jhapa. 

District Police Office Spokesperson Deputy Superintendent of Police, Khagendra Bahadur Khadka, said the rescue efforts are underway with the help of the Nepal Police, Armed Police Force  personnel and the locals.

So far, 100 families have been safely evacuated.  

Similarly, flooding from the local Kali Stream at Mechinagar-6 disrupted the traffic along the East-West Highway. 

Similarly, the flooded Sukuna River swept a culvert pipe, further affecting the transportation. 

According to Spokesperson Khadka, efforts are in place to resume the traffic. 

The Thulo Mai River entered the settlement, displacing 140 people of 56 households. They have shifted to local Kuwadi Secondary School. 

Similarly, the Mai River inundated 350 houses at Shibasatakshi-4, 5, 6 and 7. 

The river has also affected the settlements in Jhapa-1, 6 and 7.

Likewise, some 25 families have been taking shelter with their relatives after being displaced by the flood in Bhadrapur municipality-15. 

A settlement between the Sattighatta and Jyamiregadhi in Mechinagar-15 has been waterlogged, putting around 25 houses at risk.

Landslides, a lighting strike and flooding triggered by severe rainfall killed at least 22 people in Nepal and 12 others were reported missing on Sunday, officials said, Associated Press reported.

Several villages in Nepal’s eastern mountain district of Illam were swept away by landslides on Sunday, killing at least 18 people and leaving seven others missing, Nepal police spokesman Binod Ghimire said.

Six people in the same family were killed when a landslide crushed their home while they slept, Illam’s assistant administrative officer Bholanath Guragai said.

Rainfall was hampering efforts to reach the villages and many roads were swept away or blocked by the landslides. Guragai said helicopters from the central government were needed for medical evacuations, according to Associated Press.

Three other people in a separate district were killed as they were struck by lighting and one person died in flooding in southern Nepal.

Indonesian rescuers are searching on Sunday for missing students after a prayer hall at an Islamic boarding school collapsed almost a week ago. They have recovered 23 bodies over the weekend search, bringing the death toll to 37, Associated Press reported.

Using jackhammers, circular saws and sometimes their bare hands, rescue teams diligently removed rubble in an attempt to find the 26 missing students. 

The structure fell on top of hundreds ofstudents, mostly boys between the ages of 12 and 19, on Sept. 30 at the century-old Al Khoziny school in Sidoarjo on the eastern side of Indonesia’s Java island. Only one student escaped unscathed, authorities said, while 95 were treated for various injuries and released. Eight others suffered serious wounds and remained hospitalized Sunday, according to Associated Press.

Police said two levels were added to the two-story building without a permit, leading to structural failure. This has triggered widespread anger over illegal construction in Indonesia.

Six persons died and six others were injured when a Bolero jeep they were travelling in met with an accident at Kattike in Kummyak Rural Municipality-3 along the Tamor Corridor, Panchthar on Saturday.

The incident occurred when the jeep (Me 1 J 3055) en route to Dharan from Mikwakhola Rural Municipality-4, Sanwa plunged some 300 meters down the road. 

According to Police Inspector Rupesh Tamang, the spokesperson at the District Police Office, the deceased have been identified as 28-year-old Manisha Karki of Urlabari Municipality-8, Morang, 29-year-old Yuna Tamang of Meringden Rural Municipality-5, Taplejung, 33-year-old Dhankumar Chongbang, 32-year-old Abhishek Limbu, 33-year-old Binod Lungwa Limbu of Meringden Rural Municipality-2, and 21-year-old Gita Hangam of Meringden Rural Municipality-4. 

Similarly, the injured have been identified as 22-year-old Mahesh Limbu and 25-year-old Bimal Limbu of Meringden-5, 25-year-old Manu Sanwa Limbu of Mikkakhola Rural Municipality-4, seven-year-old Anish Limbu, son of Santosh Limbu of the same locality, 30-year-old Sanjohang Limbu, and 35-year-old Mahesh Guragain of Itahari Sub-Metropolitan City-7, Sunsari. 

Police said that the injured are receiving treatment at BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan.