“This land is no longer safe but it’s the only land we have,” said Usha Nepali, 49, who survived the floods in Devighat, a sacred town on the Trishuli River that was left in ruins by the Nepal flash floods. She came back a few days after the disaster to see the remains of her house.

The precariousness of living next to the river was underlined on Sunday as the fast-moving waters swelled dangerously again and rescuers urged people to move to higher ground quickly.

The Guardian’s South Asia correspondent, Hannah Ellis-Petersen, and the photographer Ahmer Khan were on the ground to report from Devighat where many people were packing up the few items they could find in their homes.

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