OCHA Situation Report No. 7
Nepal: Koshi River Floods in Sunsari and Saptari
2 September 2008


Source:
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

This situation report is based on information received from the OCHA 
Office in Biratnagar, OCHA staff in Sunsariand Saptari Districts, UN 
Agencies and humanitarian partner organizations.

I. Situation in Sunsari and Saptari Districts, Eastern Nepal

1) Flooding: Fifteen days after the initial breach in its eastern 
embankment the Koshi river in South Eastern Nepal continues to flow 
along its new course, thus inundating four Village development Committee 
areas in Sunsari District, and heavily affecting hundreds of villages 
south of the border in Bihar, India. Although the water level in the 
river has gone down somewhat in recent days, it still discharges the 
majority of its waters through the gap in the sand-ridge forming its 
embankment, and meanders in an uncontrolled manner southwards.

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