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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Martin Belam

First Thing: Aid operations in aftermath of deadly Nepal floods hampered by conditions

Dil Bahadur Shrestha, aged 70, stands amid the devastation.
Dil Bahadur Shrestha, 70, stands amid the devastation in Nepal. Photograph: Ahmer Khan/The Guardian

Good morning. Thousands remain missing and the delivery of aid has been hampered by treacherous conditions in communities almost wiped out of existence by the flash flooding in Nepal and Tibet. A week after the disaster, survivors who fled up mountainsides are still being collected by army helicopters and evacuated.

The mountain village of Syabru Besi was among those destroyed, with even the road to the village gone. According to local government officials, at least 500 people there are missing, a quarter of the population. The village resembles nothing more than a muddy riverbed, with just one building left standing.

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