Two dead, 13 missing in Nepal floods

Floodwaters from a mountain river killed at least two people and left 13 missing in a village in western Nepal where rescuers struggled to evacuate hundreds of people trapped by the flooding, officials said today.

The Shirsha river inundated a village of the same name 440 miles north-west of Katmandu late yesterday, said Dadeldhura district police chief Gopiman Shrestha.