'When the water came, we ran': Nepali villagers reel from floods that left their town looking like it had been hit by a bomb - as they say 'Goddess Kali tricked us'
- Posted on August 29, 2026
- By Daily Mail
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A devastating flood has transformed Devi Ghat, a historically prosperous Nepali town celebrated for its commercial hub and sacred temple drawing annual pilgrims, into an unrecognizable landscape of destruction. Survivors describe the catastrophic water surge as apocalyptic, while locals attribute the disaster to divine intervention. The community now faces the monumental challenge of rebuilding homes, infrastructure, and their shattered livelihoods in the aftermath of this natural calamity.
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