Kathmandu, May 23 (IANS) At least one person was killed and several injured in Nepal’s capital Kathmandu on Saturday after strong winds along with a brief spell of rain rattled the city, including the people living in open spaces due to fear of earthquake aftershocks.
Kathmandu’s Tribhuvan International Airport was shut down for one hour due to strong winds and storm. Several international flights were put on hold for a while, said airport authorities.
“We were forced to close down the airport after zinc sheets around the airport area started flying on to the runway due to strong winds and storm,” Birendra Shrestha, general manager of the airport, told the media.
Narayan Singh Khadka, a Nepal Police spokesman, said a woman pillion rider was killed in Kathmandu when a tree fell on her in Soyambhu area on Saturday evening.
A taxi driver and some pedestrians were injured in the city after trees were uprooted in the storm.
People living in open spaces in several parts of the city ran to safe areas to take shelter after the storm destroyed their tents and tarpaulins.