Homes buried, a toy left behind: Under the mud, Nepal's Nuwakot tells a story

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In Nepal’s flood-hit Nuwakot district, rescue teams continue searching through homes buried under several feet of mud following the devastating floods. Toys, family photographs and books have been found scattered beneath the debris, offering glimpses of lives disrupted by the disaster. In some houses, mud has accumulated up to the second floor, highlighting the scale of destruction. As teams sift through the wreckage, the search for survivors and missing people continues amid difficult conditions.

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00:25family in this house escaped and survived the devastation the

00:29disaster however it is now time to recollect the belongings whatever left in

00:34this house I see the picture of the family here all of them survived the

00:38moment they heard the alarm they went extremely on the top floor of the

00:42building and up to second floor it's now under only the flood and debris however

00:47they survived and now the city bodies are helping them to recover whatever

00:51assets left at home but very importantly these workers are also going door to door

00:56to find out the missing people if they are trapped in the debris because

01:00remember the number of missing persons is more than 2,500 and the magnitude of

01:04devastation says that it could even rise further

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