Taking matters into their own hands: Rebuilding after Nepal floods
(WorldNews Politics)

Bimala Pariya, 60, would never have suspected that she would lose everything she owned to the recent flooding in Nepal. The floods not only destroyed her house in the Sunsari District of Nepal, but swept away her toilet, pig shed, household items, and damaged the fresh water well behind her home. `The last time I saw flooding this severe was 30 years ago,` she said. `The floodwater was so powerful, it rose as high as three feet and broke the embankment that was supposed to protect us.` Since August 2017, continuous rainfall in Nepal have caused massive flooding which affected over 1.7 million people across 31...