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Nepal Flood Survivors Search for Homes and Loved Ones

Nepal Flood Survivors Search for Homes and Loved Ones
In a Nepal town, flood survivors find little trace of former lives · theprint.in

A huge flood of water, mud and rocks hit parts of Nepal last month.

It was caused by a glacial collapse in the mountains.

Many homes, roads, schools and businesses were buried or swept away.

At least 1,386 people died, and 5,130 are still missing in Nepal.

Survivors return to their towns to look for family members and belongings.

Some people find only mud where their houses once stood.

Many residents received warnings, but the flood arrived so quickly that they had little time to escape.

Families now live in tents and are unsure whether they can rebuild their lives there.

Key facts

Reported deaths
At least 1,386 people
Missing in Nepal
5,130 people
Main affected towns
Betrawati and Devighat
Disaster cause
A glacial collapse
Survivor shelter
Clusters of tents on a hillside above Betrawati
Previous disaster cited
Nearly 9,000 people were killed in Nepal’s 2015 earthquake

Quotes

Anusa Thapa Magar

A 23-year-old flood survivor who returned from the Maldives to search for her grandmother and home.

“If my house is buried underneath, that means my Aama is still here underneath too, right?”
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“Economically, people here had started doing well. Now, nothing remains.”
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