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Story of death, destruction and resilience: A look into Nepal's heart and soul

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The Nagarjun Hills and the Jamacho Gumba (the white spot below the clouds) with the urban outcrop in the foreground, a day after the rainstorm.   A day after the World Environment Day (https://www.worldenvironmentday.global/) , rainstorm lashed several parts of Nepal, leaving at least two dead and around 100 injured, once again reminding how vulnerable this country is to natural disasters, especially climate change-induced ones, despite its negligible carbon footprint. The urban jungle of Nagarjun municipality shines, a day after the rainstorm. The vortex of this disaster to hit the ill-prepared country appeared to be Dhangadhi of Kailali district where the casualties have occurred and scores of people have become homeless with thatched and zinc roofs of their houses blown away, according to media reports.  As always, the disaster caused power outage not only in Dhangadhi, a township in Far-Western Nepal, but also in parts of Kathmandu, the ca...