Earthquake victims in parts of Rasuwa and Gorkha districts have been rendered shelter-less due to stormy weather and strong winds, Wednesday. The makeshift huts they have been living in since after the massive earthquake last April were easily blown away. Earthquake victims in at least seven VDCs in Rasuwa and thousands in northern Gorkha now have nowhere to go. "Heavy winds blow regularly from Langtang mountain. However, it was different on Wednesday. The wind was so strong we could no longer stay in our shelters," said Uttam Tamang, who was displaced from Haku village by the earthquake. Tamang, who along with his family has been living at district headquarters Dhunche since the earthquake, added that while back in his village one's life is in danger from landslides, the danger here is from storms. The northern part of Gorkha and several VDCs in Rasuwa were battered by storm for four hours from 7 a.m. A local in Galtang village,
Rasuwa said the storm may now be gone but people are greatly terrified. "At the same time, our shelters are hardly usable anymore," he added. The storm has left thousands of earthquake victims in northern Gorkha shelter-less again. While some of them are languishing under the open sky, some others have taken recourse to caves. Kerauja, Uhiya, Kashigaun, Thumi, Barpak, Laprak and Gumda are among the localities pounded by Wednesday's storm.
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