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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. 

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.