27/08/2026
My heart goes out to Nepal.
The scale of the flash floods along the Nepal–Tibet border is difficult to comprehend. Reports now say more than 150 people have been killed in Nepal, with hundreds still missing, while entire villages, roads, bridges and hydropower infrastructure have been swept away.
What makes this even more unsettling is how suddenly it happened.
Early assessments suggest an ice-and-rock avalanche from a Himalayan glacier crashed into the valley, blocked the Lhende Khola and unleashed a devastating surge through the river system. Experts reported water levels downstream rising by as much as nine metres within roughly half an hour.
There are moments when nature reminds us just how small we are.
Seeing the images from Nepal strangely brought me back to Lamb of God’s “Reclamation.”
Randy Blythe once explained that the song came from the idea that humanity cannot endlessly destroy and encroach upon the natural world without eventually facing the consequences. It was written as a vision of the Earth ultimately reclaiming what we have taken from it.
Today, that song feels frighteningly different.
Not because a tragedy like this should be reduced to a metaphor or a song — these are real people, real families and real lives lost — but because it reminds us how fragile the relationship between humanity and the planet really is.
May those who lost their lives rest in peace.
May the missing be found.
May the families waiting for news find strength.
And may Nepal recover from something no community should ever have to endure.
🇳🇵 Prayers for Nepal.
