A flooded river has swept away part of a small village in northeastern Nepal, killing seven people, a local police official says.
Heavy rain overnight swelled the river, which washed away four houses in the village in Ramechhap district while people were sleeping, police official Bimal Raj Kandel said on Tuesday.
Six people were also injured and one person reported missing, Kandel told AFP.
Efforts to reach the village were being hampered by flooding elsewhere in the district, he said.
"Another river ... also damaged yet another highway bridge, which has hampered our rescue efforts," Kandel said.
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On August 5, six Hindu pilgrims drowned while trying to cross a swollen river in the same district. Pilgrimages to remote temples in the mountains are popular in Nepal at this time of year.
