Nepal, Oct. 30 -- Throughout Thursday, most parts of Nepal witnessed light to moderate rainfall triggered by Cyclone Montha. The cyclone originated in the Bay of Bengal, made landfall in India's Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday night, and formed a low pressure system near Nepal.

The country, which had been receiving rainfall since Monday due to westerly winds triggered by a depression in the Arabian Sea, has come under indirect influence of Cyclone Montha's weather system since Thursday.

Continuous rainfall that started around midnight on Wednesday in some places and early Thursday morning in others not only disrupted everyday life, but also brought an early chill and damaged ready-to-harvest paddy crops in most districts.

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