{
  "id": 4995582,
  "title": "Over 900 Nepal students saved by call warning of flood and quick thinking",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/over-900-nepal-students-saved-by-call-warning-of-flood-and-quick",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-02T02:27:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Japan Times",
    "slug": "japan-times",
    "url": "https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09/02/asia-pacific/society/flood-warning-900-nepal-students/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In Bidur, Nepal, a school principal's quick thinking and a timely warning saved the lives of 900 students and 16 faculty members from a devastating flood. The school, Tribhuvan Trishuli Secondary School, found itself in harm's way when a flood swept through the valley upstream, flattening entire towns. The warning came from an accountant who received a call from a relative in Rasuwa, who had been affected first. The accountant, panicking, called the school and gave the principal just 14 minutes to evacuate the students and faculty. The school, located on a peninsula between the Trishuli river and a hydropower canal, was no longer standing at the time of the flood. Dawadi, the headmaster, ordered classes to stop and the bell to ring, leading to a swift evacuation. Buses that had been scheduled to pick up students were rerouted to safer ground, and parents and teachers rushed to help with motorbikes and on foot. As the last bus crossed a nearby bridge 14 minutes after the evacuation began, a wall of water was already on its way. Dawadi, himself a former student of the same school, now urges authorities to rebuild the school in a safer location. While many parents credit Dawadi with saving their children, at least one school staffer and the school accountant's mother remain missing.",
  "summary": "School's successful evacuation offers a rare glimmer of hope in a natural disaster that has killed over 900 people with thousands still missing.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 6,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Nepal's young PM faces gravest test after flood catastrophe",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/nepals-young-pm-faces-gravest-test-after-flood-catastrophe",
        "published": "2026-09-02T03:35:30.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Euronews",
        "title": "‘No time to issue a warning’: Experts on what caused Nepal flood and what’s needed to improve preparedness",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/no-time-to-issue-a-warning-experts-on-what-caused-nepal-flood-and",
        "published": "2026-09-02T05:12:03.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Gulf News",
        "title": "'Nepal, you are not alone': Sonu Sood visits flood victims, vows continued relief with food and blankets",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/nepal-you-are-not-alone-sonu-sood-visits-flood-victims-vows-continued",
        "published": "2026-09-02T05:13:11.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Some missing tourists make contact as Nepal flood death toll tops 1,100",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/some-missing-tourists-make-contact-as-nepal-flood-death-toll-tops-1",
        "published": "2026-09-02T05:39:37.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Associated Press",
        "title": "Some missing tourists make contact as Nepal flood death toll tops 1,100",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/some-missing-tourists-make-contact-as-nepal-flood-death-toll-tops-1-5027486",
        "published": "2026-09-02T05:53:02.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}