Understanding Nepal Flooding

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. MORE THAN 1000 PEOPLE HAVE DIED AND THOUSANDS MORE ARE STILL MISSING FOLLOWING SEVERE FLASH FLOODING ON THE NEPAL. CHINA BORDER. A MELTING GLACIER IS BELIEVED TO HAVE COLLAPSED ONE WEEK AGO TRIGGERING A SURGE OF ROCK ICE AND MUD THAT STRETCHED FOR MILES WASHING AWAY VILLAGES AND LEAVING A PATH OF DESTRUCTION. RESCUE WORKERS ARE THEY ARE AND THERE ARE RESCUE EFFORTS UNDER WAY AS NEARLY 4500 PEOPLE REMAIN UNACCOUNTED FOR. >> JOINING US NOW FOR MORE ON THE DEADLY FLOODING IN NEPAL IS DOCTOR CINEMARK, SIR, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA WHO GREW UP IN CENTRAL NEPAL. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY. >> THANK. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME. >> WHAT WAS IT LIKE GROWING UP IN THAT REGION? >> IT WAS UP 6 P IS I GET UP THERE. I AND IN MY ALL THE SCHOOL TO MY HIGH SCHOOL AND THEN THEY CAN TO GET MEN DO FOR MY HIGH STUDIES ATTENDING ANY OF US. IT IS. IT WAS. YEAH, I HAVE ALL MEMORY ON THE FANTASTIC MEMORY AND EXPEDIENCE. I STILL VISIT DAD. MY IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBERS ARE THERE. SO EVERY TIME WHENEVER I CAN I GO BACK TO MY FAMILY'S. THIS IS THIS IS MY PLACE. WHEN I SPEND MY FROM NTV YEARS. SO IDEALLY, KEEP GET BACK TO IT TO THE PLACE WHERE I AM, WHO I AM NOW. >> I CAN'T IMAGINE ESPECIALLY HAVING IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBERS AND MANY EXTENDED FAMILY MEMBERS IN THAT AREA. WHEN YOU FIRST SAW THESE IMAGES COMING THROUGH OF THIS JUST HORRIFIC TRAGEDY UNFOLD. WHAT WENT THROUGH YOUR MIND? >> I DO. A STUDY HAS ITS ANNUAL IZZY MANAGEMENT FOR MY LEAVING. BUT I HAVE SEEN MANY SAID THE TEAM IS IS THE MAGNITUDE OF DESTRUCTION. BUT IT WAS BLEEDING ON THE LABEL. WHEN I SAW THE LABEL OF CONSTRUCTION. THAT'S HAPPENING. SO I GOT IN FROM THROUGH THE TEXT THAT THAT THAT SOMEONE WAS WATCHING ON THE NEWS AND THEN THEY WANTED TO CHECK ME IN. I WAS NOT AND THEN ONCE THEY STARTED A FACEBOOK. AND LOOKING ALL THE TRYING TO FIND THE DETAILS THAN I CAN SEE THIS YEAR AMOUNT OF DESTRUCTION HAPPENING. THE LABOR LEFT A FLAG THAT CAME TO THE VALLEY FLOOR AND THAT IT CREATED ALL THE DISTRACTIONS. SO IT WAS COMPLETE THE. HARD TO DIGEST AND MY IT WAS HOW HEARTBREAKING. >> AND YOU MENTIONED YOUR IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBERS. THEY ARE OKAY. >> YES, MY IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBER IS IT IS SAFE. BUT WE HAVE 7 ARE DOZENS FRIENDS AND RELATIVES, AT LEAST 2 MISSING. SO THIS THE IT GUY OFF THIS GARDEN IS AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY HIGH HOPES SPACE CENTER FOR THE PEOPLE WHO GOT MARRIED. BECAUSE WE HAVE MANY FAMILIES WHO TRY TO RESCUE THEM. WE'LL TRY TO LEND THAT HANDS AND THEY COULD NOT MAKE IT. SO THEY ARE. THEY WOULD EXPECTING TO FIND THE DEAD BODIES TO BEGIN THAT HE CHOSE A SENSE. THE MAGNITUDE IS SO MASSIVE. THIS IS MONSOON SEASON AND THIS IS ALREADY BEING A WEEK. SO WE HAVE A NO EXPECTATION THAT, THEY CAN GET THE NAME BODIES. SO MOST OF THEM HAVE STARTED A BIT 3 TOOLS AND 80. >> SO YOU BELIEVE THERE'S JUST ABSOLUTELY NO HOPE OF RECOVERY. >> ESPECIALLY FOR THAT IS SKEWED PERSPECTIVE. MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE LOST, NO, WE DON'T HAVE BECAUSE IT'S THAT'S NOT ATYPICAL FLOODING. YOU GET INUNDATED WITH WITH A FLOOD WATERS. THIS IS A HUMILIATING CHATTER. IF YOU ADD THE WATER IS COMING WITH MASSIVE AMOUNT OF DAILY AND OTHER DESTRUCTIVE FORCE S. AND IT IS NOT HAPPENING AT THAT EITHER BANK. IT IS NOT THE SITUATION. WHAT ANYBODY IS FULL AND THEN THE OTHER MAN GOT INUNDATED. THOSE SET OF THE MEN'S WET AT THE VALLEY FLOOR AND THE MAN WHO BOUGHT THEM AND 5 FROM THE DEALER. THE DEALER OR WAS UNDER THE. IT WAS DEEP. IT WAS NOT A SALARY BLUR IN A BANK FOR SITUATIONS. SEVERAL FEET DEEP WAS THE CONDITION OF THE DEALER. NOW, THIS CITY WHERE? OVERTOP THE BANK AND THEN TRAVEL SEVERAL 100 METER. AND THOSE SETTLEMENTS WHEN OUR BOSS, YOU LEAHY IT, IT WOULD MOST OF THEM WOULD COMPLETELY. BUT BY THE NAVY. SO LOOKING AT THIS YEAR, THE AMOUNT OF DESTRUCTION WE ANYBODY LAST SCHOOL THAT THE MOST OF OUR WOULD MAKE IT. WE HAD IT. WE WILL FUND THAT. WE COULD EVEN FIND THE BULL NAMED BODIES. BUT WE STILL DO NOT HAVE OPENED UP. >> IS THERE ANYTHING THAT CAN BE LEARNED FROM THIS TO TRY TO HELP PREVENT SOMETHING LIKE THIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN? >> YES, WE CAN DEFINITELY LEARN FROM THIS EXPERIENCE THAT THIS EVENT BUT HE SURE TO MON MON DIDN'T HAZARD COMMUNITY IS. THEY WEAR WHINING. THIS KIND OF EVENT COULD HAPPEN, BUT WE WERE NOT A BIRD TO KIND OF MOVIES AND THE MAGNITUDE OFF OFF THE EVENT. NOW IT IS HOW DESTRUCTIVE THESE EVERS CAN BE. SO WE CAN DEFINITELY THE PLAN HOUR. THE SETTLEMENTS. IT'S BASIN ON THE THAT THE FLOOR ACCORDINGLY AS WELL AS WE CAN EAST. ALL. ALREADY WARNING SYSTEMS FOR THOSE ACCOUNTS BOUNDARY. THIS YEAR'S, THEY SAY LAX AND THE EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE US WE CAN ONE. WE NEED TO THE DOWN THE STREAM THAT SOMETHING IS SOMETHING BIG IS COMING DOWN SO THAT A FEW ASPECTS SPACE, ALI, ON THE EARLY WARNING SYSTEM TO COME IN. YOU GET THAT THIS WITH THE WITH THE FOCUS NOW ON THE STAND AS WELL. IT HAS LEARNING HOW TO PLAN FOR THE FUTURE. URBAN DEVELOPMENT ON ANY INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT. >> DR OZ SHOW. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TODAY. AND DEEPEST CONDOLENCES TO YOU IN THE LAW. SO THAT SOUNDS LIKE MANY EXTENDED FAMILY MEMBERS AND LOVED ONES. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.