Nepal, Sept. 13 -- Two weeks after the massive Trisuli Valley flood, tens of thousands of displaced people are living in tents or with relatives and friends. Hundreds of others from Syaprubesi have found refuge at the Gosok Phuntsok Choeling Monastery.

Known as the 'Yellow Monastery' in Kathmandu, the complex had also served as a shelter for survivors of the Langtang earthquake-avalanche in 2015. Eleven years later, the rock-ice collapse on the north face of the same mountain has sent another flood of refugees here.

There are elderly men and women counting prayer beads, children and infants, and entire families who have nowhere to go. Monks and staff here provide food, basic accommodation, and other necessities from the monastery's own ...