KATHMANDU, Nepal — Usha Pandey was dancing when the earthquake hit. She was at home with her younger sister and brother on a school holiday, listening to music and having fun.
"As soon as the house started shaking, we ran outside," Pandey, 19, said. "The house collapsed right afterward. We're lucky to be alive. I still feel scared remembering it."
Thomas Maresca for USA TODAY
The Pandey family has been living in cramped shelter since an earthquake destroyed their home one year ago.
But the problems were just beginning.
One year after the magnitude-7.8 earthquake devastated Nepal and killed nearly 9,000 people, the Pandey family still hasn't moved back home. They're living in a small temporary shelter across the road from their damaged house, in the rugged hills of Nuwakot District, about 50 miles from Kathmandu. The family of five shares a cramped wooden shed with some unwelcome guests.
"There are scorpions," said Pandey's mother Saraswoti, 40. "The other night, I saw a snake hanging down from the ceiling," she said. During monsoon season, rain comes pouring in through the tin roof. In the winter, they try to plug up drafts with hay and build bonfires outside.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2016/04/23/nepal-earthquake-year-later-international-aid/83382052/
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