On 3 October, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority released a report according to which flood waters and landslides caused 236 deaths, with 19 persons still missing. Entire villages were destroyed, and more than 16,000 families displaced. Moreover, vital infrastructure was damaged – from roads and bridges to hydropower projects and irrigation schemes through to high- and low-tension transmission lines. Many schools and health centres were affected too. In the early hours after the disaster, landslides blocked many highways. Domestic flights were disrupted.
In one fateful incident in Kathmandu, two men and two children were swept from the tin roof on which…
