Nepali woman rescued alive 10 days after floods
64-year-old woman pulled from mud-buried home as Nepal's death toll reaches 1,344.
A Nepali woman, Chandrika Shrestha, was rescued alive from her home buried under debris 10 days after massive flooding in Nepal's Rasuwa district. The 64-year-old woman was pulled from her mud-caked house by emergency personnel on Saturday. She has now been airlifted to Kathmandu for treatment.
Earlier, a Chinese national was also rescued alive inside a tunnel at the Upper Trishuli-1 Hydropower Project site. Since the flooding, emergency response teams have been tirelessly searching for survivors. So far, 1,344 bodies have been recovered in Nepal, with around 5,000 people still missing. In China, 31 people have been reported dead, and 531 are still missing, bringing the overall death toll to 1,375 and over 5,500 people missing.
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Also reported by 2 other outlets
- Nepali woman rescued alive 10 days after floods freemalaysiatoday.com
- Chinese man, Nepali woman found alive 10 days after flood scmp.com
