Photos show one family in Nepal bid farewell, as other flood victims are buried in unmarked graves

CHITWAN, Nepal (AP) — She knows her 21-year-old son is dead, but she didn't get a chance to see him before his body was committed to its cremation shroud.Knowing his fate after the catastrophic floods that killed over 1,000 people in Nepal and China brings some comfort, but all she could do was touch his shroud for a s

She knows her 21-year-old son is dead, but she didn't get a chance to see him before his body was committed to its cremation shroud.

‘Our concern was the risk to public health posed by the rapid decomposition of the bodies,’ a local official said – DNA samples were collected for future identification