Article 781WJ ‘The river has taken everything’: people return to remains of their homes in Nepal

‘The river has taken everything’: people return to remains of their homes in Nepal

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Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Devighat
from World news | The Guardian on (#781WJ)

Precariousness of living in Devighat by the Trishuli River underlined as waters swell again and residents flee to higher ground

The bodies continue to wash up. But the morgues have already run out of room.

Since the deadly floods coursed through the Himalayan valleys of Nepal and Tibet, the numbers of people killed have continued to rise. The bodies have surfaced in their hundreds and continue to be pulled from the thick, tar-like mud that engulfed everything after the flood waters receded. By Sunday, the death toll stood at 797 in Nepal and Tibet.

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