25 - 05 -2015
The perceived danger downstream was averted, at least temporarily, as the water in a landslide-dammed lake on the Kaligandaki river in Myagdi district started overflowing after 15 hours of blockage.
The river has been blocked at Baisari as a massive “dry landslide” fell from Mahavir in Ramche-9 along the Beni-Jomsom road. The site is about 9km north of Beni, the district headquarters of Myagdi.
The blocked river flowed out after filling the artificial lake at around 5pm on Sunday. There was flood as the water level rose two metres above the usual monsoon flow. Though floodwaters reached up to some houses near the banks, there was no notable damage.

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