Nepal begins burials as flood death toll rises to 752

The Manila Times 30 Aug Philippines

KATHMANDU, Nepal — Nepal said Sunday it had begun burying some of the hundreds of bodies recovered after devastating floods, after taking DNA samples and marking them so families can later retrieve them. The dead are traditionally cremated on funeral pyres in Hindu-majority Nepal, so the burials are viewed as long-term storage until families can retrieve them. Foreign Secretary Amrit Bahadur

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