Satellite images reveal scale of flood devastation in Nepal villages
Before-and-after images show villages, bridges and a key Nepal-Tibet border crossing washed away by devastating floodwaters.
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"It was not possible to determine from the images how stable the barrier was or how likely the lake was to drain suddenly."
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Before-and-after images show villages, bridges and a key Nepal-Tibet border crossing washed away by devastating floodwaters.
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