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WorldInside the newsroom as BBC Verify covers Nepal floods

On 26 August, a devastating flash flood swept through a Himalayan valley on the Nepal-Tibet border, killing more than 1,300 people. Videos quickly spread online, some genuine and others raising fresh questions. BBC Verify correspondent Merlyn Thomas describes how the team pieced together the story in real time and dealt with the rush of information that follows a natural disaster.

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