Flooding deaths in Nepal reach 193 as recovery work is stepped up

The number of people killed by flooding and landslides triggered by heavy rainfall over the weekend in Nepal has reached 193 while recovery and rescue work has been stepped up. Police said 31 people were still missing across the Himalayan nation as of Monday. Many of the deaths were in the capital, Kathmandu, which got heavy rainfall, and much of southern part of the city was flooded. At least three buses stuck in a traffic jam on a highway were buried by a landslide that killed three dozen people.