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A person died and other sustained injuries when two motorbikes collided with each other in Gaushala of Mahottari on Wednesday.

Police said that the motorbike (Province 2-02-003 Pa 7738) collided head-on with another motorbike (Province 2-02-001 Pa 8679) today.

According to the Area Police Office, Gaushala, the deceased has been identified as bike (Province 2-01-001 Pa 8679) rider Bibek Yadav (24) of Aurahi Municipality-2.

Similarly, biker (Province 2-02-003 Pa 7738) rider Krishna Yadav (25) of Rajkhor, Gaushala Municipality-4 was injured in the incident.

Inspector Ranjan Mishra said that Krishna, who was seriously injured in the incident, has been sent to Kathmandu for further treatment.

He said that they have impounded both the bikes.

The Area Police Office, Gaushala said that the body of Bibek has been sent to the District Hospital, Jaleshwor for postmortem.

A pedestrian died after being hit by a microbus at Nauranga in Geruwa Rural Municipality-6 of Bardiya on Tuesday.

The deceased has been identified as Basanta Tharu (32) of Rajapur Municipality-1, Bardiya.

Critically injured in the accident, he breathed his last during the course of treatment at the Nursing Home in Nepalgunj.

The microbus (Bhe 1 Kha 3364) heading towards Gola from Nepalgunj hit him at around 6 pm yesterday.

Police said that they have impounded the bus and arrested its driver for investigation.

There is possibility of rainfall in most of the places of the country on Wednesday and Thursday, the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology said.

Meteorologist Manju Basi said that there are chances of increased monsoon activity on these two days as the monsoon low pressure system is close to the Nepali territory.

The weather will be generally to completely cloudy throughout the country on those two days due to the influence of this weather system with chances of light to moderate rain accompanied by thunder and lightning at many places of the hilly region and at some places of the rest of the regions.

Similarly, there is possibility of heavy rainfall at a few places of the Sudurpaschim, Lumbini, Gandaki, Bagmati and Madhes provinces. At present, the weather is generally cloudy across the country with light to moderate rain accompanied by thunder and lightning occurring at some places.

Heavy rain is occurring at one or two places of Lumbini province. The weather will be generally to fully cloudy throughout the country tonight with chances of light to moderate rain along with thunder and lightning at some places , the Department said.

There is also possibility of heavy rain at few places of the Bagmati, Gandaki, Lumbini and Sudurpaschim provinces tonight.

As per the Meteorological Forecasting Division’s weather update, the minimum temperature in Kathmandu Valley is 21.2 degrees Celsius and the highest 30.1 degrees Celsius in the last 24 hours.

Records have tumbled and firefighters faced new blazes as much of Western Europe baked in a gruelling heatwave, BBC reported.

The UK, normally used to milder climates, saw temperatures of more than 40C (104F) for the first time. 

Germany saw its hottest day of the year so far while Portugal raised its death toll after days of excess heat. 

Deadly wildfires have swept the continent. The UN's World Meteorological Organization (WMO) warned there was worse to come.

Heatwaves have become more frequent and more intense, and last longer because of human-induced climate change.

"In the future these kinds of heatwaves are going to be normal, and we will see even stronger extremes," WMO chief Peterri Taalas said.

In addition to record temperatures in the UK, several fire services declared major incidents after a surge in fires.

A major blaze in Wennington, east London, set homes alight. Residents who had to be evacuated told the BBC that some eight homes and possibly a local church had been destroyed in the fire, while a firefighter at the scene described it as "absolute hell". 

In France, 64 different areas registered record-high temperatures on Monday, according to BBC. 

Although the all-time high for mainland France has not been topped, the south-west of the country has experienced its biggest wildfires in more than 30 years. Since 12 July, fires have engulfed more than 19,300 hectares (47,700 acres) of the wine-growing Gironde region.

Some 34,000 people had to be evacuated from their homes.

In Belgium, a fire broke out in dunes at the Belgian resort of De Haan, setting several vehicles alight. But following the ferocious heat, the country is now bracing itself for thunderstorms that could lead to 20-30mm of rain in some region, Le Soir newspaper reports.

On Tuesday, Germany experienced its hottest day of 2022. The national weather service recorded 39.3C at 16:00 local time (14:00 GMT) in the western city of Duisburg.

Meanwhile, the Netherlands saw one of its hottest days on record on Tuesday with 39.5C in Maastricht, forecasters said.

Temperatures in Portugal have decreased significantly. However, more than 1,000 heatwave-related deaths have been recorded since last week. 

Wildfires have become a common consequence of these extreme temperatures across Europe. 

Central and north-western Spain has also been ravaged by wildfires. 

The Copernicus monitoring service - part of the EU's Earth observation programme - said total carbon emissions from wildfires between June and July are the highest seen in Spain for the period since 2003.

In Greece, a wildfire fuelled by gale-force winds raged on the mountainous region of Penteli, near Athens. It has damaged homes and and prompted local authorities to evacuate at least four areas and a hospital. 

Forecasters in Italy are warning of temperatures as high as 40-42C between Wednesday and Friday, BBC reported.

Several wildfires have already been reported in the country, and blazes that broke out on Monday evening in Tuscany were still raging on Tuesday afternoon.