Nepali woman rescued alive from buried home 10 days after flood
Rescuers pulled a Nepali woman alive on Saturday from her home buried under thick mud and debris when the region was struck by massive flooding 10 days ago.
A Nepali woman named Chandrika Shrestha was rescued alive on Saturday, 10 days after her home in Nuwakot district was inundated by massive flooding. The floods, triggered by a glacial and rock collapse on August 26 near the China-Nepal border, swept through the region like a tsunami, burying homes in thick mud and debris. Emergency personnel had previously rescued a Chinese man from a tunnel of the Upper Trishuli-1 Hydropower Project, where he was found alive.
When the armed police team arrived to clear the area, they discovered 64-year-old Shrestha still trapped in her submerged home. She was promptly airlifted to Kathmandu for medical attention. The Armed Police Force released a video showing only a portion of her house still visible amidst the submerged lower floors. Since the disaster, 1,344 bodies have been recovered in Nepal, with around 5,000 people still missing.
Chinese authorities reported 31 deaths and 531 missing, bringing the global death toll to 1,375 and over 5,500 people unaccounted for.
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