Grisly Search for Missing as Nepal Morgues Overflow, Burials Begin
Authorities are converting temporary storage and using DNA tests as 233 bodies are brought to Chitwan, while 320 Indian nationals remain uncontactable.
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Radio France Internationale
Grisly search for missing as Nepal morgues overflow, burials begin
In a building next to a makeshift morgue in Bharatpur, Shobha Adhikary emerged from the crowd after scanning the LED screen. She told a local coordinator she believed the 37th image -- showing the pale, swollen face of a man lying on a pebbled riverbed -- was her childhood best friend. "It looks like him, for sure," she said, showing coordinators a photograph of a smiling, middle-aged man. Nepal's disaster agency said on Sunday it had recovered …
Following devastating floods in Nepal, morgues are overflowing with bodies, and a temporary center has been set up in Bharatpur to house 250 bodies. A detailed report on the struggle to identify and preserve bodies washed up in remote districts by the Bhotekoshi and Trishuli rivers, and the shameful actions of antisocial elements who loot jewelry from floating bodies.
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