Nepal began on Monday to grapple with damage wrought by deadly floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains as residents faced the daunting task of cleaning homes and extracting their broken belongings from mud.

Rescuers in Nepal have recovered dozens of bodies from buses and other vehicles that were buried in landslides near the capital Kathmandu as the death toll from flooding rose to at least 148 with dozens missing.

The death toll from monsoon-induced floods and landslides in Nepal has passed 200, according to reports on Monday. More than two dozen people were missing on Monday afternoon, according to The Kathmandu Post newspaper,