More than 1,000 houses were affected from floods that occurred with incessant rainfall on Saturday and Sunday in Sunsari district. 

Superintendent of Police at the District Police Office, Keshav Thebe, shared that the flood had affected 1,370 houses at Inaruwa, Dharan, Itahari, Barahakshetra, Duhabi, Ramdhuni, Inaruwa, Gadhi, Barju, Koshi, Bhokraha, Harinagar and Dewangunj. 

A total of 5,474 people were directly affected from floods at different streams and rivers in the district and the houses were partly damaged by flood, he added. 

Teams of security personnel had rescued 344 people trapped in flood, it was shared. Two hundred families of Inaruwa were displaced due to floods and dozens of settlements at Inaruwa Municipality-3, 4, 9 and 10 were inundated.