<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;">At least 33 people have died in floods and landslides across western Nepal in the past week, local media reported.</span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The worst of the monsoon rains hit Karnali province in the north-west, where thousands of residents were evacuated, officials said.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Hundreds of homes have been damaged in the avalanches and flooding.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">At least 22 people are still missing across the province and scores more have injuries.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Rescuers have described difficulties in getting to the mountainous region amid continuing rain.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">'We have mobilised police officers on the ground. We have arranged a helicopter for air rescue from Surkhet," said one police spokesman, quoted by the Annapurna Post.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"However, unfortunately, due to the weather not improving, progress is not being made as expected."</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Most reports of missing people came from the low-lying Kalikot district. Thousands were evacuated from their homes there in the past week amid warnings of intense rain.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In some areas of the province, the Karnali river had risen to over 12m (39ft) , Nepal's emergency authorities said. Several suspension bridges over the river had also been washed away, local media reported.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Government officials have dispatched aid to the region on helicopters.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Meanwhile the UN's humanitarian agencies said they were distributing food and medicine to the worst affected communities in western Nepal.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Nepal is nearing the end of its monsoon season, which typically begins in June and ends in October.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">At least 110 people have died this year in rain-related disasters, according to the National Emergency Operation Centre. BBC</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>