• An airplane stands on a muddy airfield after flooding hit parts of Biratnagar's domestic airport in Morang district, Nepal, on August 16, 2017. The Biratnagar Airport has been closed since five days due to flooding situation. According to airport authorities it will take at least five more days to reopen the airport. More than hundreds people have died and thousands have been displaced due monsoon flooding across the country. NARENDRA SHRESTHA / EPA
    An airplane stands on a muddy airfield after flooding hit parts of Biratnagar's domestic airport in Morang district, Nepal, on August 16, 2017. The Biratnagar Airport has been closed since five days due to flooding situation. According to airport authorities it will take at least five more days to reopen the airport. More than hundreds people have died and thousands have been displaced due monsoon flooding across the country. NARENDRA SHRESTHA / EPA
  • Members of the Nepali Army help clean mud left from floods which hit parts of Biratnagar's domestic airport, some 240 km from Nepal's capital Kathmandu, on August 16, 2017. At least 221 people have died and more than 1.5 million have been displaced by monsoon flooding across India, Nepal and Bangladesh, officials said on August 15, as rescuers scoured submerged villages for the missing. PRAKASH MATHEMA / AFP
    Members of the Nepali Army help clean mud left from floods which hit parts of Biratnagar's domestic airport, some 240 km from Nepal's capital Kathmandu, on August 16, 2017. At least 221 people have died and more than 1.5 million have been displaced by monsoon flooding across India, Nepal and Bangladesh, officials said on August 15, as rescuers scoured submerged villages for the missing. PRAKASH MATHEMA / AFP
  • Members of the Nepali Army help clean mud left from floods which hit parts of Biratnagar's domestic airport, some 240km from Nepal's capital Kathmandu, on August 16, 2017. At least 221 people have died and more than 1.5 million have been displaced by monsoon flooding across India, Nepal and Bangladesh, officials said, as rescuers scoured submerged villages for the missing. PRAKASH MATHEMA / AFP
    Members of the Nepali Army help clean mud left from floods which hit parts of Biratnagar's domestic airport, some 240km from Nepal's capital Kathmandu, on August 16, 2017. At least 221 people have died and more than 1.5 million have been displaced by monsoon flooding across India, Nepal and Bangladesh, officials said, as rescuers scoured submerged villages for the missing. PRAKASH MATHEMA / AFP
  • Nepalese flood victims wait for relief material as they take shelter in local school in Morang District, Nepal. NARENDRA SHRESTHA / EPA
    Nepalese flood victims wait for relief material as they take shelter in local school in Morang District, Nepal. NARENDRA SHRESTHA / EPA
  • A child and a flood victim sleep in a school bench while taking a shelter in local school in Morang District, Nepal. NARENDRA SHRESTHA / EPA
    A child and a flood victim sleep in a school bench while taking a shelter in local school in Morang District, Nepal. NARENDRA SHRESTHA / EPA
  • Members of the Nepali Army help clean mud left from floods which hit parts of Biratnagar's domestic airport. PRAKASH MATHEMA / AFP
    Members of the Nepali Army help clean mud left from floods which hit parts of Biratnagar's domestic airport. PRAKASH MATHEMA / AFP
  • Members of the Nepali Army help clean mud left from floods which hit parts of Biratnagar's domestic airport. PRAKASH MATHEMA / AFP
    Members of the Nepali Army help clean mud left from floods which hit parts of Biratnagar's domestic airport. PRAKASH MATHEMA / AFP
  • Members of the Nepali Army clean mud off an airplane left after flood hit parts of Biratnagar's domestic airport in Morang district, Nepal. NARENDRA SHRESTHA / EPA
    Members of the Nepali Army clean mud off an airplane left after flood hit parts of Biratnagar's domestic airport in Morang district, Nepal. NARENDRA SHRESTHA / EPA

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Nepal flood clean-up under way after hundreds killed - in pictures

At least 221 people have died and more than 1.5 million have been displaced by monsoon flooding across India, Nepal and Bangladesh, officials said

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