How engineers in a WhatsApp group are guiding Nepal’s flood rescue efforts
Authorities hope some of the roughly 900 people reported missing at six hydropower plants may have escaped the deluge because they worked in or fled into tunnels.
A Queensland couple faced a harrowing escape after being caught in an inland tsunami in Nepal. Pramila Dangol and Clinton Baker, from Bundaberg, were on a family holiday with their three-year-old daughter when a collapsed glacier triggered catastrophic flooding in Betrawati on August 26. The village received a mere 15-minute warning before the wall of water struck, engulfing buildings in a torrent of water and debris.
Dangol's family home, where she was born and raised, was washed away, along with cherished memories and photographs. The family fled to a mountain, with Baker carrying his daughter, Prammisha, to safety. They witnessed people scrambling onto rooftops of multi-storey buildings as the waves towered above the structures. Over a week later, the couple continues searching for many of Dangol's extended family, posting daily updates on Facebook.
Despite the ordeal, both Baker and Dangol remain determined to return to Australia, urging others to cherish life.
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