\n
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.wfaa.com\/assets\/shared-images\/icons\/arrow-circle-down.svg\"){kind=icon}
<\/p>\nAt the Nepali Cultural & Spiritual Center in Euless, people gather every day to pray.<\/p>\n
EULESS, Texas \u2014 Thousands of miles away from the devastation in Nepal, members of North Texas\u2019 Nepalese community are praying for family, friends and strangers affected by catastrophic flooding.<\/p>\n
At the Nepali Cultural & Spiritual Center in Euless, people gather every day to pray.<\/p>\n
Now, many of those prayers are for people who lost their homes, belongings and loved ones in a matter of minutes.<\/p>\n
\n
<\/p>\n
\n This story continues below.
<\/p>\n
\u201cThey’re losing their family members, they’re losing their houses, they’re losing their assets,\u201d said Bijaya Bhusal, president of the Nepalese Society of Texas.<\/p>\n
Bhusal and Rajendra Wagle, the organization\u2019s immediate past president, both have family and friends impacted by the disaster.<\/p>\n
\u201cThroughout the whole river region, from the mountain to town, is all wiped out,\u201d Wagle said.<\/p>\n
The disaster is personal for several families in North Texas.<\/p>\n
A couple from Plano, Deepak and Madhu Ahuja, are among those missing after traveling to the region on a religious pilgrimage, according to their son, who spoke with WFAA.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is horrible, you know,\u201d he said. Longtime Murphy residents Archana and Ragu are also among those missing.<\/p>\n
The flooding has devastated communities along the Nepal-Tibet border, leaving hundreds dead and thousands of people missing.<\/p>\n
For families watching from North Texas, the distance makes an already painful situation even more difficult.<\/p>\n