DHANGADHI, June 8 -- A storm on Thursday evening killed two people and injured 99 others in Kailali and Kanchanpur districts. The storm felled trees, electricity poles and tore down the tin and thatch roofs of many houses. Large areas in the districts are without power while several roads that were blocked by felled trees have reopened Friday.

Around two dozen local newspapers could not go to print on Friday while the FM radio stations were forced to halt operations owing to the power outage.

The deceased have been identified as Lahanu Dagaura of Tikapur Municipality-2 and Bir Bahadur Chaudhari of Godavari Municipality-8 of Kailali.

According to police inspector at Kailali District Police Office Prakash Bahadur Dangi, Chaudhari was rid...