Nov 02, Kathmandu - Nepal has recorded 7,688 disaster incidents nationwide between Baisakh 1 and Kartik 16 this year, leaving 402 people dead and 17 missing, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority.

The incidents included snakebites, landslides, floods, lightning strikes, fires, altitude sickness, animal attacks, avalanches, windstorms, heavy rain, boat capsizes, wildfires, explosions, hailstorms and earthquakes.

Landslides were the most frequent, with 1,735 incidents, followed by 1,668 snakebite cases and 1,641 fires. The country also reported 593 incidents of heavy rainfall, 537 windstorms, 466 floods, 417 animal attacks and 333 lightning strikes.

Snakebites caused the most deaths, claiming 116 lives. Landslides killed 77 people, floods 41, lightning 36 and fires 32. Other deaths were linked to altitude sickness, animal attacks, avalanches, windstorms, heavy rain, boat capsizes, wildfires and explosions.

A total of 2,529 people have been injured, while 9,857 families have been displaced, the authority’s data shows.

The figures do not include the full extent of damage caused by the Bhadra 10 flood in the Bhotekoshi River in Rasuwa, which has yet to be entered into the authority’s information system.