Nepal’s monsoon floods toll reaches 170 as Kathmandu struggles to recover – Times of India
Residents of Nepal's flood-hit capital returned to their mud-caked homes on Sunday, dealing with the aftermath of devastating floods that have claimed at least 170 lives across the country as per AFP news agency. As monsoon rains battered the Himalayan republic, flash floods and landslides demolished entire neighbourhoods in Kathmandu, injuring several and displacing thousands.Kumar Tamang, a 40-year-old resident of a slum area near a riverbank, described the scene. "This morning we returned and everything looks different," he said. "We couldn't even open the doors to our house; it was jammed with mud. Yesterday we were afraid that the water would kill us, but today we have no water to clean."Nepal's Home Ministry reported 170 confirmed fatalities, with an additional 42 individuals still m...