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A huge avalanche hit Nepal's Manaslu Base Camp on Sunday. The incident was confirmed by Tashi Sherpa who was trying to climb the eighth-highest mountain in the world at 8,163 metres.  In a video shared by Tashi, avalanches can be seen descending toward the base camp. He further divulged that few tents were destroyed in the avalanche with one person missing. Some of the expedition companies are calling off their attempt for the season. Notably, it comes a week after the last one, which had left two persons dead.  According to the Tourism Department of Nepal, over a dozen people were injured, including an Indian after an avalanche ripped through just below camp 4 on September 26. The weather has not been great throughout the season.  An avalanche occurred in the mountain a few days ago also. Over 400 permits were issued by the Department of Tourism to climb Manaslu this year. An avalanche (also known as a snow slide) is a fast-moving snow flow down a slope, such as a hill or a mountain.  Avalanches may occur spontaneously, as a result of variables such as excessive precipitation or a decreasing snowpack, or as a result of external sources such as people, animals, and earthquakes. Large avalanches mostly made up of moving snow and air, have the power to catch and transport ice, rocks, and trees. It is caused by a number of factors, such as heavy snowfall, increased human activities, wind direction, steep slopes, warm temperatures, layers of snow, and earthquakes.  Notably, the Indian Army and the Defense Geoinformatics and Research Establishment (DGRE) have jointly installed the Avalanche Monitoring Radar, the first of its kind in India, in north Sikkim in September this year. Besides being used for the detection of avalanches, this radar can also be employed to detect landslides.  The avalanche radar was made operational by the Defense Research and Development Organization's wing DGRE, which is involved in forecasting and mitigating avalanche hazards faced by the Indian Army in the Himalayan region. (ANI)

Two people died in an accident today near Hanumandanda in Neelkanth Municipality-10 of Dhading. Eight people were injured. The accident happened when the vehicle no. Na 4 Kha 8041, which was carrying the goods of the festive event to be held in Tripurasundari Rural Municipality-2 Salyantar, overturned on the road. Deputy Superintendent of Police Shyam Bahadur Khatri informed that 35-year-old Indrajit Pasi and 25-year-old Saddam Ansari of Kapilvastu died in the accident. The seriously injured Binod Chamar and Tulsiraj Pasi have been brought to Kathmandu for treatment. Five of the injured are in serious condition and the other two are normal. They are being treated at Dhading Hospital.

During this year’s Dashain, there is a possibility of heavy rain in different places of four different provinces of the country. According to the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology, there is a possibility of heavy rain in a few places of Lumbini, Gandaki, Karnali and Sudurpaschim provinces on the day of Vijaya Dashami. The weather forecast division of the department has given this information while publishing a special monsoon bulletin for Dashain on Friday. According to the department, although the monsoon in Nepal was expected to leave on October 2, it will delay for a few days. Next Tuesday in Navami, there is a possibility of light to moderate rain with thunder and lightning at some places in Province 1, Madhes, Bagmati and Gandaki provinces and few places in the remaining provinces. On the day of Vijaya Dashami on Wednesday, the department said that there will be normal to completely cloudy weather with light to moderate rain with thundershowers at many places in the country and heavy rain at few places in Gandaki, Lumbini and Sudurpaschim provinces. During these days, there is a risk of landslides in the mountainous areas of the country, the water level in large and small rivers and streams may rise and road and air transport may be affected. The department hence has requested to take necessary precautions and advance preparations.

Nepal reported 19 new Covid-19 cases on Saturday. According to the Ministry of Health and Population, 591 swab samples were tested in the RT-PCR method, of which 17 returned positive. Likewise, 741 people underwent antigen tests, of which 2 were tested positive. The Ministry said that no one died of the virus in the last 24 hours. The Ministry said that 96 infected people recovered from the disease. As of today, there are 925 active cases in the country.