The continuing cold wave has claimed five more lives in Mahottari and Rautahat, bringing the toll to 16.

The cold wave has been continuing in Mahottari for six days.

Purna Mukhiya, a 60-year-old resident of Damhi Madai-9, and 55-year-old Kari Mandal of Ratauli-7 froze to death on Monday, bringing the toll due to cold wave in Mahottari to seven.

The continuing cold spell has been affected life in the terai region. According to a report from Rautahat, three more people died due to the cold on Monday, bringing the toll to six.

The dead were identified as Pitambar Thakur Lohar, a 50-year-old resident of Saruatha VDC-4, Amiri Shah, a 55-year-old resident of Saruatha VDC-3, and 68-year-old Thakur Prasad Dahal, a resident of Chandranigahapur-5, reports quoted relatives as saying.

At least 11 persons died across the nation in the last two days as a severe cold wave gripped the country.