"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.
"During the storm it was not possible to look outside with open eyes, the dust would blind you," narrated Amrit Ghale, a local of Kerauja VDC- 4. He said several people of the Ghale and Gurung communities have been injured after being hit by objects being blown away by the storm. "People have hid in caves as they are still afraid of the wind while some others are perplexed where to go," Ghale added.
According to the locals, the weather was very bad throughout Tuesday. But they did not expect such a destructive storm the following day. "In fact, heavy winds have been blowing since a week, but we never suspected another disaster," said Raj Gurung of Laprak.
Gorkha CDO Narayan Prasad Bhatta, meanwhile, informed that police have been deployed for gathering detailed information on the storm damage and to help the victims. "There are police out for information collection and to carry out rescue where needed," he said.
According to assistant CDO of Rasuwa Deepak KC, the shelters of over 63 quake victims, including 27 from Thuman, 4 from Syafru, 13 from Galtang and 20 from Dhunche, have been blown away by the storm. He added that preparations are ongoing to bring in 1,000 bundles of corrugated sheets and 500 tarpaulins.
Photo caption : Settlements of earthquake victims at Dhunche, Rasuwa, wear a deserted look after Wednesday's heavy storm.
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