After the flood: human suffering on an unfathomable scale in Nepal’s worst-hit districts
Thousands remain missing and aid is hampered by treacherous conditions in communities almost wiped out of existenceSearching for the body of his wife in the mud, Dil Bahadur Shrestha lamented that he did not even have a shovel left. For now, he has been using his hands to try to find her as he picks through the ruins of his house.On Wednesday morning last week, Jamuna Shrestha, his wife of 50 years, had been at home in Betrawati on the banks of Nepal’s Trishuli River, feeding her beloved c
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