Nepal monsoon: Melamchi locals recount how floods left them homeless

On Tuesday night, flash floods in Melamchi and Yangri rivers damaged three dozen houses by the rivers, washed away bridges and affected more than 100 houses. Other concrete houses are filled with mud brought by the rivers. But, even now, the speed of water has not slowed down. It is still cutting away the riversides.

On Wednesday at around 2:30 pm, two desperate and terrified-looking businesspersons arrived at the Kalijung Battalion of Nepal Army in the Melamchi municipality-11. The duo reached there to meet the chief and pleaded with the soldiers guarding outside.