Three people were able to escape alive, but authorities managed to recover only 20 bodies from the accident, with raging flood waters impeding the search. More than 260 people have died in Nepal in rain-related disasters this year.

Incessant rains in Nepal have unleashed floods and landslides that killed at least 10 people with seven missing during the last 24 hours, while disrupting transport, officials said on Saturday. Most rivers in the Himalayan nation have swollen,

Nepal halted schools for three days after heavy rains triggered floods and landslides, killing 151 people and leaving 56 missing. The floods caused significant damage and brought life to a standstill in Kathmandu.