Disasters in the Himalayas rarely give warnings, only images. The first ones from Dharali arrived on my screen on August 5 – a massive flood smothering a hillside. As a reporter, I knew I had to reach the spot. But Dharali was more than 500 kilometres away, and the last stretch wasn’t measured in kilometres at all, but in landslides, washed-out bridges, and roads barely clinging to the mountain.
