Kathmandu- From mid-April to mid-August, Nepal recorded a total of 2,675 disaster-related incidents, affecting 4,725 households, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA).

These incidents claimed 117 lives and injured 564 people. The data shows that floods accounted for 198 cases, resulting in 16 deaths and leaving 21 people missing. Floods alone impacted 1,313 households. Landslides were reported 281 times, causing 13 deaths and injuring 17 others.

Other incidents included 174 cases of continuous rainfall, 244 lightning strikes, and 74 snakebites. Fires made up 1,066 incidents, including 158 wildfires. There were also 276 windstorms, 153 animal attacks, 41 cases of high-altitude sickness, and five earthquake-related events.

A total of 22 people remain missing. On August 9 alone, authorities recorded 35 disaster events — including 13 landslides, five cases of continuous rainfall, two incidents of high-altitude sickness, and one each of lightning strike and animal attack — which left six people injured.