Published 7:30 am Tuesday, September 8, 2026 It is heartbreaking and mind numbing to see the social media gruesome images, watch the news and videos of loss of lives by the flash floods in Nepal that struck Nepal’s Rasuwa district on the morning of August 26, 2026. As a person of Nepali origin and currently residing in Valdosta, a city of Georgia in the US, I can do nothing but cry my tears and mourn over the bereaved family, especially those who were/are directly affected by the devastating flood. When the flood sent a sudden surge of water, sediment, and boulders down the Bhote Koshi River from the Tibetan side into the Trishuli River, it cost the lives of over a thousand people. The flood displaced many people, turning them into a state of homelessness and destitution, making many children orphans. Still, many of them are under mud and debris and inside the tunnels in the making. The rescue team is working hard; the images from the flood are visible and unbearable: a crying six-year-old baby dug out of mud, a body that lost its limbs, animals dead, the flood swept tragic scene of the place flanked by upside down cement-brick houses and mountains of debris and volcano-like mud. I am at a loss for words right now, and no matter how much I describe it, it still feels immensely insufficient to express what I want to express. When I put myself and my family members in that situation, I continue to weep with the only question that I don’t have any answer for—why? Why did this…
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