Nepal flood survivors take shelter at monastery turned makeshift evacuation centre
Survivors of devastating flash floods in Nepal are seeking refuge at the Gosok Phuntsok Choeling monastery in Kathmandu. Many residents fled their homes near the Tibet border with nothing after landslides destroyed their villages.
Why it matters
This highlights the immediate humanitarian crisis and the role of religious institutions in providing emergency disaster relief in under-resourced areas.
By North Asia Correspondent Natalie Whiting and Krishna Dhungana in Kathmandu
Topic: Disasters, Accidents and Emergency Incidents
Bhujung Tamang is among those taking shelter at Gosok Phuntsok Choeling monastery in Nepal. ( ABC: Hamish Harty )
Link copied Share Share article Bhujung Tamang was airlifted with his wife and two daughters two days ago from what is left of his village near the Nepal-Tibet border.
"We ran. That's why we are alive," Mr Tamang told the ABC.
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"We didn't even get any clothes. We ran to the jungle."
He remembers being in the kitchen before the disaster struck and hearing a huge boom.
"If we had waited 10 minutes longer before running, then we would have been swept away."
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