OCHA Situation Report No. 6
Nepal: Koshi River Floods in Sunsari and Saptari
28 August 2008


Source:
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Kathmandu, 28 August 2008

This situation report is based on information received from the OCHA 
Office in Biratnagar, UN Agencies and humanitarian partner organisations

Situation in Sunsari and Saptari Districts, Eastern Nepal

1) Flooding: The Kosi River continues to erode the embankment in broke 
through on 18 August (see earlier Situation Reports) and has effectively 
altered it course. The river now flows to a large part through the broken 
embankment passing several VDCs in Nepal and into Bihar, where it has 
flooded up to 1,000 villages to the east of its previous course and 
affected reportedly more than a million people.

2) In Nepal, four VDCs in Sunsari district remain essentially under water: 
(Shree) Haripur and Shripur(javdi), as well as the Western parts of 
Laukihi and Paschhim Kushaha remain completely flooded. Other VDCs in the 
area (Bhokraha, Madhuwan, Narshigha, Bashntapur and Dhuskighat) have 
experienced some limited flooding and are hosting displaced people. 
Saptari District has not been flooded as such, but has seen an influx of 
flood displaced people, in particular to Bhardaha and Hanumannagar.

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