Nepal flood survivors return to ruins to salvage memories
Survivors of a catastrophic glacial flood in Nepal are returning to their destroyed villages to recover personal belongings and memories. The disaster, caused by a glacial collapse on the China-Nepal border, has left thousands missing and entire communities in ruins.
Why it matters
This event underscores the increasing vulnerability of Himalayan communities to climate-related geological disasters and the profound human cost of such events.
Days after a wall of water and debris ripped through Nepal, Shanti Lamichhane sat on a fruit crate in the dirt where her village once stood, staring at what remained of her home.
The reporting is a straightforward, empathetic account of a humanitarian disaster without political editorializing.
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