'Tough to Stay Here': Nepal Flood Survivors Wait for Homes
More than 1,400 people died and over 5,000 remain missing, while authorities work on transitional shelters and resettlement areas.
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Tough to stay here’: Nepal flood survivors wait for homes
Every day, Shanti Dangol stares down at Nepal’s Trishuli River from her makeshift shelter, searching for traces of the home she lost and wondering when she will have a roof over her head again.Dangol is among hundreds of people living in tent shelters following a catastrophic Himalayan flood trigger
'Tough to stay here': Nepal flood survivors wait for homes
Dangol is among hundreds of people living in tent shelters following a catastrophic Himalayan flood triggered by a mountain and glacier collapse near Nepal's border with China on August 26. More than 1,400 people died and over 5,000 remain missing after tsunami-like waves swept through northern mountainous areas, destroying homes, roads, bridges and settlements. Dangol, a former hotel owner, now lives in a tent in a forest clearing in Betrawati,…
UNICEF announced that more than 32,000 children have been affected by the floods that began in Nepal at the end of August. 84 children have died in the floods, and 5,285 people are still reported missing. UNICEF spokesperson James Elder highlighted the effects of climate change, noting that the Himalayas are warming at approximately twice the global average rate.
Hundreds sheltered in tents: 'Tough to stay here': Nepal flood survivors wait for homes
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