Nepal: ‘I Cannot Stay Inside, It Is Too Stuffy’ – Overcrowded Shelters Put Children’s Health and Safety at Risk

Country: Nepal Source: Save the Children NUWAKOT, Nepal 30 August – Overcrowded shelters for families displaced by Nepal’s flash floods are putting children’s health and safety at risk, with the number of children at one centre doubling in a single afternoon, Save the Children said as rescue and recovery efforts enter their fifth day. More than 700 people have been killed and more than 2,400 remain unaccounted for after a glacier collapse on 26 August unleashed a torrent of rock, ice, mud and de