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Updated · BBC.com · Aug 29Tearfund Prepares Dozens of Aid Packages for Nepal Flood Survivors as Nuwakot Damage Worsens
3 articles · Updated · BBC.com · Aug 29Summary
- Dozens of aid packages have been readied by Tearfund’s local partners for survivors of flash floods near Nuwakot, Nepal.
- Lok Chaudhary, a local partner with the charity, described the destruction as “absolutely devastating” and said conditions were worsening by the hour.
- The relief effort targets communities hit by flash flooding around Nuwakot as responders move to support people affected by the growing damage.
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With over a billion dollars in damage, how will Nepal recover from one of its deadliest glacial disasters? Could a ticking time bomb of melting Himalayan ice unleash even more catastrophic floods across the region? What hidden geological trigger turned a remote Himalayan glacier into a deadly tsunami of mud and debris?