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Nearly 100 killed after heavy rain in India, Nepal

By AAP Newswire

Apr 11, 2025

India rain — At least 64 people have died in rain-related incidents in India's eastern state of Bihar (file pic). -EPA

Nearly 100 people have died after heavy rain lashed parts of India and Nepal with weather officials predicting more unseasonal rain for the region.

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In the eastern state of Bihar, at least 64 people died in rain-related incidents since Wednesday, a senior official from the state's disaster management department told Reuters.

Local media reported more than 20 people have died in India's most populous state of Uttar Pradesh.

In neighbouring Nepal, lightning strikes and heavy rain killed at least eight people, officials said.

The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has raised a multi-hazard warning, with heatwave conditions in the western parts and thunderstorms in the eastern and central region.

India's weather office expects heavy rain with thunderstorm, lightning and gusty winds over central and eastern India till Saturday.

The monsoon season usually begins in June in southern India, and summer months in the recent past have been marked by intense heatwaves that have killed several people.

The IMD said India is expected to experience a much hotter April, with above normal temperatures across most of the nation.

By AAP Newswire

Australian Associated Press