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Teej Festivals Cancelled Across Canada as Nepal Grapples with Extreme Flooding
Organizers said the cancellations will send ticket-sale proceeds to Nepal relief as the disaster death toll climbed to 675 and 2,498 people were missing.
- On Sunday, Nepalese community organizations across Canada cancelled annual Teej cultural festivals, redirecting celebration funds to Nepal relief efforts following devastating flash floods in Nepal and China.
- A glacier collapse in the Himalayan border region triggered flash floods on Wednesday, killing 800 people and leaving roughly 3,000 missing as "whole towns and villages have been lost, swept away," explained Chris Considine, honorary consul general of Nepal in B.C.
- Punam Dhungel, president of the Nepali Canadian Women's Society of B.C., redirected $15,000 in ticket sales to the Prime Minister Disaster Relief Fund on Saturday, while Sharma, president of the Nepalese Society of Vancouver Island , pledged 100 per cent of planned spending.
- The Canadian government announced $5 million in humanitarian assistance for Nepal, while Finance Minister Swarnim Wagle estimated preliminary reconstruction costs between $4 billion and $5 billion US, roughly one-tenth of the nation's GDP.
- Community leaders are organizing candlelight vigils next week as the disaster caused widespread devastation along the Nepal-Tibet border, with authorities warning of possible fresh flooding on Sunday.
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Teej festivals cancelled across Canada as Nepal grapples with extreme flooding
OTTAWA - Nepalese community organizations across the country cancelled annual cultural festivals this weekend following devastating flash flooding in Nepal and China.
·Toronto, Canada
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Nepali Teej celebrations being cancelled across Canada, funds going to relief efforts: community leader
Nepali communities across B.C. and throughout the country are cancelling annual festivals and donating funds to support relief efforts in Nepal, following a devastating flood.
·Ottawa, Canada
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