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An aerial view taken by a drone of Melamchi Bazaar after the flood, on June 20, 2021.
PHOTO: GEOVATION NEPAL
On June 15 last year, a massive flood in Melamchi, Nepal, killed at least 25 people and destroyed 200 houses.
Unseasonal heavy rainfall - likely a result of climate change - began in the mountains on June 9, which caused a landslide and a series of cascading disasters further downstream.
