{"id":20022756,"date":"2017-08-16T12:30:09","date_gmt":"2017-08-16T07:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thethirdpole.net\/?p=22756"},"modified":"2021-01-08T04:16:59","modified_gmt":"2021-01-07T22:46:59","slug":"southern-nepal-monsoon-floods-in-pictures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/climate\/southern-nepal-monsoon-floods-in-pictures\/","title":{"rendered":"A Nepal village deals with the floods \u2013 in pictures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Large swathes of southern Nepal were hit by floods in the weekend of August 12th and 13th, following a cloudburst. Fifteen districts in the lowlands have been affected, while landslides have been reported higher in the Himalayas. At least 90 people have been killed, 38 are still missing, and more than&nbsp;2,000 buildings have collapsed.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The government claims to be rushing rescue and relief operations to&nbsp;the flooded areas, but local media reports indicate that victims have been left to deal with the disaster on their own.&nbsp;Munna Saraff, a photographer based in Birgunj in Parsa district, went to nearby Ramgaduwa to document&nbsp;a village hit by the flooded Sirsiya river, one of the many rivers in the transboundary Ganga basin.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22758\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/04.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1020\" height=\"680\"><\/p>\n<p>A woman walks in front of her flooded home [image by: Munna Saraff]<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22759\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/07.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1020\" height=\"680\"><\/p>\n<p>A man carries his goat to higher ground&nbsp;[image by: Munna Saraff]<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22760\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/08.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1020\" height=\"680\"> A woman contemplates her flooded home [image by: Munna Saraff]<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22761\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/10.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1020\" height=\"680\"> A shopkeeper bales out water from his home in an effort to save his stock [image by: Munna Saraff]<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22762\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/06.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1020\" height=\"680\"> Using his stick as a depth gauge, a man moves towards higher ground [image by: Munna Saraff]<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22763\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1020\" height=\"680\"> Much of Ramgaduwa is flooded [image by: Munna Saraff]<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22764\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/03.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1020\" height=\"680\"> Even brick and mortar houses stand isolated [image by: Munna Saraff]<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22765\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/05.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1020\" height=\"680\"> This house has become uninhabitable [image by: Munna Saraff]<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22766\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1020\" height=\"680\"> Homeless residents move into a neighbour&#8217;s home with whatever they can carry [image by: Munna Saraff]<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22767\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1020\" height=\"680\"> People flooded out of the Jyoti Nagar area eat at a relief camp in Birgunj [image by: Munna Saraff]<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22769\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/12.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1020\" height=\"680\"> Inside the relief camp, opened at a dharamshala (pilgrims&#8217; inn) in Birgunj [image by: Munna Saraff]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least 90 people have been killed and more than 2,000 buildings have collapsed after large swathes of southern Nepal were hit by floods. 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