Kathmandu, May 5 -- Heavy rain and poor visibility on Sunday morning disrupted multiple domestic flights and forced a Kathmandu-bound international flight to divert to Varanasi, India.

Due to adverse weather conditions, no mountain flights operated on Sunday, according to officials at the Tribhuvan International Airport.

Similarly, three planes that took off with international tourists from Ramechhap airport for Lukla in Solukhumbu and another en route to Thamkharka airport were diverted due to heavy rain.

"No mountain flights took place today [Sunday] due to adverse weather conditions," said Rinji Sherpa, spokesperson at the Tribhuvan International Airport. "Several other domestic flights from small airports were also diverted, but no...