In Nepal's flood zone, teachers mourn students who never returned

In Nepal, teachers mourn students who never returned

Each morning at a school in flood-ravaged Nepal, teachers taking attendance are served a painful reminder of the disaster as they mark in red the names of students who never came back. The catastrophic flood, triggered by a glacial collapse near the China-Nepal border, on Aug. 26 killed more than 1,

In Nepal’s flood zone, teachers mourn students who never returned

RASUWA (Nepal), Sept 30 — Each morning at a school in flood-ravaged Nepal, teachers taking attendance are served a painful reminder of the disaster as they mark in red the names...

'A great loss': In Nepal's flood zone, teachers mourn students who never returned

Initial assessments by UNICEF show learning has been disrupted for more than 14,000 children at 62 schools and learning centres across the flood-affected region

In Nepal's flood zone, teachers mourn students who never returned

The catastrophic flood, triggered by a glacial collapse near the China-Nepal border, killed more than 1,400 people, the majority in Nepal. Over 5,000 remain missing in the Himalayan nation one month after the tsunami-like waves swept away roads, bridges and settlements in the mountainous regions up north. At the Neelakantha Secondary School in hard-hit Rasuwa district, a teacher marked red circles beside the names of children missing since the A…