Salyan, May 10 -- Two hours of torrential rain triggered flash floods in the Sharada river and several mountain streams on Saturday afternoon, causing widespread damage across parts of Salyan district in western Nepal.

The floods affected wards 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 of Bagchaur Municipality and wards 1 and 2 of Chhatreshwari Rural Municipality, damaging dozens of development projects, farmland, roads and drinking water systems.

Local officials said swollen rivers and streams washed away more than two dozen roads, irrigation canals, embankments, culverts and water pipelines. More than 100 ropanis (5.09 hectares) of farmland planted with wheat, vegetables and oranges were also damaged after floodwaters spread across fields along the Sharada r...