LAXMI SAH, BARA, April 3 -- Since the deadly rainstorm walloped his home on Sunday, Jaipal Ram has spent the last three nights under the open sky.

Jaipal and hundreds of villagers in Parwanipur Rural Municipality in Bara have since been inundated with help-but they say they still don't have what they desperately need.

"We have received only food so far," said Jaipal, as he sat in the rubble of his flattened house. "What we need immediately is a roof over our head."

Rescue workers and organisations and individuals with relief materials have been in the village since Monday morning, but according to survivors, there has been a lack of understanding in identifying their immediate needs-tarpaulin sheets, sleeping mattresses and mosquito ne...