Four persons including three of a single family have gone missing in separate incidents of landslide in Mehel Village of Sidingwa Rural Municipality, Taplejung, following a heavy rain since last night. Kamal Kadariya, a local resident, said that Bhagimaya Budhathoki, her daughter-in-law Sandhya and Sandhya's son Prajwal have been missing after a landslide buried their house. Likewise, Bharat Tamang has gone missing in a separate landslide in the same village. Tamang went missing in the landslip while returning after shifting his parents to a safe zone from their house, which is on the bank of a river.

Vice-Chairperson of Sidingwa Rural Municipality Bandana Kadariya said that a team of police personnel is heading to the incident area from Sablakhu Police Post.

Similarly, the landslide washed away the house of Raj Kumar Gautam at Mehel while three houses are at risk of landslide. Similarly, the landslide completely destroyed the building of the Mehal Health Post. Sidingwa and Sirijungha area in the district have been receiving continuous rain since last night. The landslides at different places have disrupted several road networks in the village and the power supply has also been disrupted at Yamphudin, Khewang, Mehel, Surumkhim, Angkhop and other villages. Likewise, Dovanbazaar is at high risk of inundation while some houses in the Dovanbazaar have been damaged. The Chaitanya Budhathoki (a local teacher in the village) said that some houses have been inundated in the swollen Ingwakhola river. The flood has also caused damage to the Ingwakhola Hydropower Project. Details of the disaster in the district are awaited.