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Survivors of Nepal's massive flood are not just grieving individuals; they are grieving the loss of an entire social ecosystem that once made loneliness almost impossible in these tightly-knit hill communities. For Nepalis working abroad, the flood has produced a distinct and painful form of solitude: watching the catastrophe unfold on a phone screen.

Recovering bodies is only part of the challenge. Post-mortem and legal identification procedures have been completed for 1,113 of the recovered bodies, but only 95 have actually been returned to grieving families. To speed the process, authorities have published details of 911 unidentified bodies on the Nepal Police website.

More than 11,000 people have been pulled to safety so far in flood-hit Nepal. Only 279 workers have been pulled out of hydropower project sites in the ongoing rescue and relief operations. As many as 639 people are said to be still stuck at those sites.

If the 28-member group from southern India had reached Syabrubesi bridge, all of them would have lost their lives because the bridge was washed away in the devastating floods.