SINDHUPALCHOK, Jan. 9 -- Earthquake survivors' struggles are piling on with the falling snow, while tourists revel in Helambu's seemingly idyllic winter.

Snowing since Monday afternoon, the dump did not herald joy for many residents of Helambu Rural Municipality-1, in Sindhupalchok district.

The flimsy huts they have lived in since the 2015 earthquake were useless in the cold of winter. As one of the areas worst hit by the quake and its aftershocks, thousands of people-including the elderly and children-moved into temporary housing.

"Whenever it snows we have the same ordeal. How can we keep ourselves warm and fall asleep when snow blankets the area?" said Lhakpa Dolma Hyolmo, 61, attempting to warm herself on a bonfire.

Her family ha...