Survivors of the monsoon floods that ravaged Nepal at the weekend criticised the government on Tuesday for inadequate relief efforts during a disaster that killed at least 225 people. Deadly floods and landslides are common across South Asia during the monsoon season from June to September but experts say climate change is making them worse.

Search and rescue teams in Nepal's capital Kathmandu picked through wrecked homes on Sept. 30 after waters receded from monsoon floods that killed at least 209 people around the Himalayan republic.

The catastrophic floods and landslides in Nepal have disrupted life in many parts of the country, resulting in the displacement of hundreds of families, the burying or sweeping away of houses and bridges,