New Delhi, Oct. 5 -- Heavy rainfall has wreaked havoc across different parts of Nepal and neighboring India, triggering deadly landslides that have claimed more than 44 lives, the officials said on Sunday.

Nepal has been severely affected by the torrential downpours that began on Friday, prompting rescue workers to conduct rescue operations in cut-off communities who reside in remote mountainous terrain.

As of Sunday, at least 44 people in Nepal have died in rain-triggered disasters, with five people reported missing, Shanti Mahat, spokeswoman for Nepal's National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority, told AFP.

The eastern district of Illam was the worst hit, with at least 37 fatalities caused by landslides, resulting from ...