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Families Perform Last Rites Without Bodies As Nepal Flood Missing Toll Nears
Families Perform Last Rites Without Bodies As Nepal Flood Missing Toll Nears 5,000. At Kathmandu’s Pashupatinath Temple, families of missing people have turned to symbolic cremation ceremonies. The rituals are providing relatives with a way to say goodbye despite having no certainty about what happened to their loved ones. The floods struck Nepal on August 26 after a catastrophic event in the Himalayan region, triggering widespread flooding, landslides and destruction.
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