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Story summary
- Prime Minister Balendra Shah confronts a catastrophic flood on the China-Nepal border that killed more than 1,400 people.
- The flood left thousands missing and pushed climate diplomacy to the centre of his premiership.
- Shah, a 36-year-old former rapper, rose to power six months earlier after youth-led anti-corruption protests.
- The disaster has eclipsed the anti-corruption agenda that drove his campaign.