Nepal: “Mud is everywhere”. A Caritas aid worker speaks about the flood that buried a Himalayan valley

Country: Nepal Source: Caritas Days after catastrophic floods buried whole villages, Caritas Nepal is expanding its humanitarian aid reach. On 26 August, a glacial lake in the Himalayas breached its natural banks in what is known as a glacial lake outburst flood, a sudden release of water, ice and rock triggered when a lake dammed by glacial debris gives way, sending a wall of water and mud crashing down the valleys below. Days later, Arpana Karki, Programme Coordinator for Caritas Nepal’s Disas