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'The flood took everything': Nepal survivors describe horror of loved ones being swept away
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"They could not escape the flood; there was no chance at all," she said. He said he had given his phone to his sister so she could keep in touch, but the mobile was no longer reachable.
Dorjee said his sister, Dechen Tamang, was missing, along with her husband and several other family members. Malla said her father, mother, sister and sister's children were all claimed by the disaster.
Another woman, Goma Pandit, said she had lost her buffaloes and all her other cattle. Her son, Sugam Malla, said he saved his mother by pulling her hand.
"I last contacted them at 8:30 in the morning," he said.
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- Malla said her father, mother, sister and sister's children were all claimed by the disaster.
- "They could not escape the flood; there was no chance at all," she said.
- Her son, Sugam Malla, said he saved his mother by pulling her hand.
- He said he had given his phone to his sister so she could keep in touch, but the mobile was no longer reachable.
- Another woman, Goma Pandit, said she had lost her buffaloes and all her other cattle.
- "I last contacted them at 8:30 in the morning," he said.
- Dorjee said his sister, Dechen Tamang, was missing, along with her husband and several other family members.
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- BBC — source text fetched for this pass link