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Watch: Moment a government building collapses into a river in Nepal amid floods

LISTEN I ONLY READ THIS AN HOUR AGO BUT IN BAGLUNG IN WESTERN NEPAL A WHOLE LOCAL GOVERNMENT MUNICIPALITY BUILDING GOT CAUGHT BY MASSIVE FLOODS AND IT WAS TEETERING ON AN UNSTABLE LEDGE OVER THE DARAM RIVER LIKE A CLIFFHANGER IN A MOVIE AND BEFORE THE ENTIRE STRUCTURE JUST TOPPLED AND FELL RIGHT INTO THE WATER THE OFFICIALS RAN IN AND MANAGED TO SAVE THE IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS AND COMPUTERS ACCORDING TO WARD CHAIR TEJ THAPA AND LUCKILY NOBODY WAS INJURED IN THE COLLAPSE WHICH IS WILD BECAUSE IT FELL COMPLETELY IN BUT THE ENTIRE SITUATION OVER THERE IS EXTREMELY GRIM BECAUSE THE NATIONAL DISASTER AGENCY SAYS LANDSLIDES AND FLOODS HAVE KILLED AT LEAST TWENTY-SEVEN PEOPLE IN RECENT DAYS JUST WEEKS AFTER A FLASH FLOOD ALONG THE NEPAL-TIBET BORDER KILLED FOURTEEN HUNDRED PEOPLE.

A municipal government building in western Nepal collapsed into the Daram River amid severe flooding and landslides that have killed at least 27 people.

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