Birtamod, July 21 -- At least 105 houses were inundated in Jhapa Rural Municipality after floods in Kankai River breached a section of the eastern embankment at Sadakbari on Monday afternoon.

"At least 83 houses in Milan Basti in Ward No. 1 and at least 22 houses in Sadakbari in Ward No 2 have been inundated," said Jay Narayan Sah, the chair of the rural municipality. "The affected families were taken to safer locations on Monday itself."

"Some families returned home to Milanbasti on Tuesday morning after the water level decreased," said Sah. "But the situation is not safe for most other families to return to their settlements yet."

"The flooded river has breached a 300m long section of the embankment," said Sah.

"The floodwaters had ...