{
  "id": 3707893,
  "title": "Nepal Flash Flood: Mango Tree Saves Labourer From Death As Raging Waters Sweep Him Away",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/nepal-flash-flood-mango-tree-saves-labourer-from-death-as-raging",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-27T08:35:12.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/viral/nepal-flash-flood-mango-tree-saves-labourer-from-death-as-raging-waters-sweeps-him-away"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A Nepali labourer narrowly escaped death when a mango tree saved him from being swept away by a raging flood in Bidur, according to reports. Bibek Kumal, 24, was digging a toilet pit outside a newly constructed house when the disaster struck on Wednesday. Kumal's four colleagues heard an unusual hissing sound and immediately urged him to escape the pit and run for safety. Despite the warning, Kumal managed to climb out and began running, but he had scarcely a few moments before the torrent hit. \"I started running. Then a wall of water came thundering down as if it was an earthquake,\" Kumal recounted from his hospital bed at Kathmandu's National Trauma Centre, alongside his brother Dinesh, as per The Daily Star. The powerful water swept him downstream through a mix of mud, rocks, and debris. In a miraculous turn of events, Kumal was caught by a mango tree amidst the chaos. He clung to the tree while the flood destroyed everything around him, including the house where he had been working. Thanks to the mango tree, Kumal was the only thing preventing him from being carried even farther downstream. Emergency services eventually reached the stranded worker and pulled him to safety, although he sustained injuries to his right leg after being hit by the rushing water and a large stone. Miraculously, Kumal's own house remained undamaged. The incident highlights the sudden onset of the disaster, turning what had been a routine workday into a fight for survival for the labourer.",
  "summary": "A mango tree became the unlikely saviour of a 24-year-old Nepali labourer who was swept away by a powerful wall of water, mud and rocks while working near Bidur. Bibek Kumal was digging a toilet pit outside a newly built house on Wednesday when he heard an unusual hissing sound. His four co-workers, standing above the roughly five-foot-deep pit, immediately realised something was wrong and…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}