Residents of Nepal's flood-hit capital returned to their mud-caked homes on Sunday to survey the wreckage of devastating floods that have killed at least 170 people across the Himalayan republic.

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.

The death toll from monsoon-induced floods and landslides in Nepal has risen to 193, with at least 31 people still missing and many others injured, police said on Monday. The heavy rain, described by local media as the worst in decades,