A freak storm tore down houses and overturned cars and trucks as it swept across southern Nepal killing at least 27 people and leaving more than 600 injured, officials said Monday as a major rescue operation gathered pace.
Whole villages have been flattened and families were left mourning the death of relatives killed by trees and the debris, an AFP photographer in the stricken region said. Overturned cars blocked some roads. "We rushed out to help. A man had died right next to our building under a tree. People had fractured bones and many had head injuries," Das added."I've never seen anything like this. The winds took away everything, my home and my family," Ram Babu Patel, 45, whose wife was killed in the storm, told AFP.
Every year hundreds die in landslides and floods during Nepal's monsoon season, but storms causing such high casualties in spring are rare.
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