Kathmandu, Nov. 3 -- Two months after the Bhotekoshi floods of August 26, the trauma continues to haunt 60-year-old Yongjen Tamang, who is sheltering at the Kodobari Holding Centre in Pipalatar, Nuwakot. She is constantly gripped by the fear that another flood could strike. "The fear and anxiety keep me awake at night. Even when I manage to fall asleep, I dream that another flood is coming," she said.

Tamang's granddaughter and her younger brother's youngest son went missing in the floods. "Something we never imagined happened. Two members of my family disappeared. I cannot sleep because I keep thinking about them," she said.

After the floods, Tamang took shelter at a holding centre at White Gumba in Kathmandu before moving to another c...