without shelter and cut off from the rest of the country since in 10 districts in west Nepal. Much of the area is farm land where the villagers are poor and live in mud and straw huts that are easily washed away. Authorities fear the lack of clean drinking water, food and sanitation could lead to outbreak of cholera, dysentery and encephalitis. Dhakal said the government was trying to send medical teams to the villages with medical supplies to prevent diseases that can follow flooding. They are also distributing tents and plastic sheets to make temporary shelter, utensils to cook food and clothes for those who lost their belongings. Earlier this month, a massive landslide covered an entire village near Katmandu, killing 156 people. The June-September monsoon season often bring flooding to Nepal and neighboring India, and in northern India, torrential rain and landslides have killed at least 50 people in Uttarakhand state, many of them washed away as rivers overflowed, submerging villages and fields. Officials in neighboring Uttar Pradesh state reported 10 more deaths overnight, pushing the death toll in the state to 34.