Kathmandu valley receives half the annual average rainfall in 2 days. More than 700mm (over 27 inches) of rain in less than 30 hours! nepalitimes.com/news/60-dead...

60 dead, 64 missing in Nepal floods

I've been through rainfall like that, so these numbers are not abstract for me. Those people need help from anybody who can give it. We had help from unaffected areas over a thousand miles away, or we'd *still* be cleaning up. Aid is a moral imperative.

......my cousin's ex & 2 of their young children moved back to Nepal a few years ago...... I don't know where exactly they live, but the way my stomach dropped reading this.......

Oh wow D: