This principal in Nepal evacuated 900 students before flooding swept away their school

BIDUR, Nepal — Rajendra Dawadi, the principal of Tribhuvan Trishuli Secondary School, was in his classroom when he received warnings of rising floodwaters in Nepal's Trishuli Valley. Dawadi quickly evacuated his 900 students and staff to higher ground, saving them from the devastating flash floods caused by a glacial collapse in the Himalayas.

The disaster claimed over 950 lives and left more than 4,400 people missing. The school, which had 1,643 students, lost at least 900 children whose education was disrupted, with at least 69 schools in northern Nepal destroyed. Dawadi, who once studied and taught at the school, has been hailed as a hero for his quick thinking and response during the disaster.