monsoon floods - Koshi River

Several months ago, there were news accounts about the monsoon flooding in northern India. There was much devastation and many people were displaced from their homes. I was to discover that the flooding started up north Nepal, in the Himalayan foothills flowing down the Koshi River valley. A great deal of damage was done including the washout of a large section of the only east-west highway in Nepal. This might explain why with my non-existent understanding of the local language, and the limited English language skills of the people that I talked to, the confusion about the request for a bus to Janakpur, which would have gone on that highway. After I did make it across the Koshi River, by boat, I continued on and notices a lot of very similar blue-tarp tent lining the roadside and along the levees. I assume that these blue tents were the temporary homes for the displaced people.