Nuwakot, Nepal – At 12, Nepalese?schoolgirl Ritu Maya Tamang has already learned how a close-knit family can be torn apart in a matter of minutes.
Tamang is among more than 500 children separated from their parents by the catastrophic Aug. 26 flooding that hit the China-Nepal border, sweeping away homes, bridges and houses.
Nepal’s disaster agency said Friday that 1,385 bodies had been retrieved, while 5,130 people remained missing. In China, state media says 43 people are dead and 519 missing.
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