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A visit near the border with Tibet laid bare the effects of a swollen river’s furious speed. Miles of devastation were left behind in a flash flood that killed more than 300. Residents waiting to be airlifted by helicopter in the Rasuwa district of Nepal. Anupreeta Das and Atul Loke visited the Nepal Army’s search-and-rescue base in Dhunche and flew on an army helicopter to view the damage caused by the flash flood close to the border with Tibet. The survivors sat patiently, waiting for their turn to be transported to safety.
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Even the wreckage seemed to have disappeared, dragged downstream. “They all died, and I lived,” said Dawa Lama, 45, starting to weep as he recounted how, just before 9 a.m. on Wednesday, he had heard a thunderclap, and then felt a breeze.
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A visit near the border with Tibet laid bare the effects of a swollen river’s furious speed. Miles of devastation were left behind in a flash flood that killed more than 300. Residents waiting to be airlifted by helicopter in the Rasuwa district of Nepal. Anupreeta Das and Atul Loke visited the Nepal Army’s search-and-rescue base in Dhunche and flew on an army helicopter to view the damage caused by the flash flood close to the border with Tibet. The survivors sat patiently, waiting for their turn to be transported to safety.
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