Nepal Flood Survivor Loses 17 Family Members | Heartbreaking Story After Devastating Floods

On this unfinished rooftop of a small municipal building in Bidur, Nepal, 50 men left homeless by the flood try to sleep. But the nights are long and cold, and Subhatumang says, full of tears and fear. This place is not also safe. So you're afraid the floods could even come up to this roof? Yeah. How do you sleep at night? Are you able to sleep? No, we couldn't, because many people cry, because they lost their family members too. So many people cry here at night, remembering their members. And every day it goes like that. You got the helicopters always flying over. Every day, the choppers fly out searching for survivors. Every night, they fly back, and those he lost are still gone. You lost eight family members? I'm so sorry. This one also. This is your brother? Yeah. How old is he? He's two years old. What's his name? His name is Sagar Anjana. How old is Anjana? She's two years old. Her name is Dolma Tamang. So she's your aunt? Yeah. Camera phone pictures are precious commodities for Subha and his cousin, Kopila Tumang. They have little else left. When he was born, I took his phone. You took his phone? Yeah. How old? One month. She is the first daughter, second daughter. My mom is the third one. This also lost. My mom and my two siblings also. Two cousins, auntie and our daughter. Both were lost? Yeah, both lost. This is my sister. She also lost. This is my grandma. She was also lost? Yeah, she also lost. She's so innocent. She used to love me so much. Everyone in this picture is gone? Yeah, these all are gone. They are like my children. When I came home, they always come back with me and call me Pupu. So I miss them. 17 family members? Yeah. That's really hard to even wrap your head around. Yeah. The 2015 earthquake destroyed her old family home. Back then, everyone survived. This time, the wall of water consumed her family's new home in Lusaban, leaving nothing and no one behind. So you were trying to call your dad, your mom. My relative, there is no answer. Because all of them are gone? Yeah. What's keeping you strong? I have one small brother. I have to take care of him. Now I'm the mother for him. So I have to be strong. When I cry, you will also cry. Hello. He's my brother. What's your name? Nice to meet you. Time passes slowly here. Most people are still in a state of shock with only the clothes on their backs. About 100 women and children sleep in this yoga center. They tell me every time there's a rumor of another flood, everyone runs up this nearby hill and hides. The rumors often come late at night, they say. There are no showers and everyone shares a bathroom. They get their drinking water from a truck or fill their bottles at nearby waterfalls. Children like Regina and Rosita Buta can't go to school because it was also destroyed. So what happened when you're on the bus going to school? We could see the water chasing us from our window, she says. Everyone started crying and shouting. The driver drove very fast and took us to a safer place. I was extremely scared. We thought the flood would not be this big. But when we saw how huge it was, we were terrified. Her dad, Rajendra Buta, says the bus driver saved his children's lives. He saw dozens of houses being washed away, along with a bridge and a road. The raging water dragged this bus hundreds of feet. Did you ever think you'd see a flood like this? No, I've never seen this type of flood, he says. Not just me, but my father and grandfather also never witnessed such a devastating flood in their lifetimes. I think a large number of schoolchildren may have died since some of their parents may also have died. There's no one to ask about their whereabouts. You really got to watch your step. This is quicksand, probably about 20 feet deep. Some of these guys out here said they've stepped in it and it went right up to their neck. That makes recovering bodies very difficult and dangerous. Nobody knows how many bodies are buried beneath or when or where it'll be safe to rebuild all the homes, all the lives swept away. Will Ripley, CNN, Bidur, Nepal. It's been one week since disaster struck and in Trasouli, this is the end of the road. Once a bustling market, now soggy and cement-soaked, it looks like a wasteland. The river's running fast, the water's still high. Residents and visitors stand and stare. This water source has been a life for people living here and by that I mean they've been living here for generations and generations. Looking at the water today, does it look different to you? Yes, it does. In what way? Well, it makes me sad. It makes me sad and emotional as well because this is one of the sacred water resources that we have. You know, when you mourn for somebody in your family once they have died, people go up across this river and then they do all the rituals over there. So this is kind of like a holy river for us. Buddhist monks came from Kathmandu to pray and offer blessings. Traffic snarls on broken roads, a jackknife truck is hardly noticed. A local school bus driver, Chiring Tamang, saved the lives of some 50 children, picking them off just before their school was destroyed and crossing a bridge before it was washed away. After two minutes of me crossing the bridge, the flood came on my side. Kids started screaming after seeing the flood. They were shouting, one kid fainted inside the bus. They were asking me to drive faster. On the road, there were people running like ants to save their lives. After I drove near the uphill, I could see the flood is already ahead of me. I reached a higher location and I felt safe with the kids. I took a long breath and then I continued my duty of dropping the kids, came back and parked the bus at the police station. I asked him what it feels like to be a hero. It's a sad time for me. I have lost my nephew. She was working in the same school. I'm very sad that my nephew is dead. My nephew called me before I crossed the bridge. This was right after I informed the principal regarding the flood. He told me, uncle, where are you? There's flood coming in the river. She was a helper at the school. He informed me to not go to the school. He lives in the same school with his family. He has a daughter and his wife is disabled. They are safe now. They have nothing left as my nephew was my only breadwinner of the family. Later, he showed us a photo of his nephew. His name was Tridam Lama. There are many heroes here, but even they have heavy hearts. Anderson Cooper, CNN, Trasouli.