{
  "id": 5898252,
  "title": "How was 64-year-old Chandrika Shrestha rescued 11 days after Nepal flash floods",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/06/how-was-64-year-old-chandrika-shrestha-rescued-11-days-after-nepal",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-06T03:09:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Indian Express",
    "slug": "the-indian-express",
    "url": "https://indianexpress.com/article/world/how-was-64-year-old-chandrika-shrestha-rescued-11-days-nepal-flash-floods-10865137/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On August 26, the Bhotekoshi river basin unleashed devastating flash floods in the Nuwakot district of Nepal, destroying entire settlements and leaving entire families missing. Among those missing was Chandrika Shrestha, a 64-year-old woman from Betrawati in Bidur Municipality-10, along with four relatives. Her family had lost all hope of her survival after ten days of uncertainty but were shocked when footage emerged showing her being rescued from the ruins of her home on the eleventh day.\n\nAn Armed Police Force team, originally dispatched for road works, heard faint cries coming from the debris of Shrestha's four-storey home. The floodwaters had shifted the structure roughly 100 meters uphill, burying the majority of the house. The team broke through a window and found Shrestha unconscious and partially trapped in mud. She was given initial treatment and flown to the Nepal Army's Maithili Barracks in Trishuli for further care. The Prime Minister's Office stated she would be transported to Kathmandu if additional treatment was required.\n\nShrestha's brother-in-law, Ishwari Lal Shrestha, also escaped the house but remains without news of his wife, sister, and aunt, who are still missing. He recounted how he had warned his wife after receiving an early flood warning, but she stayed behind to finish her morning prayers. Upon regaining consciousness, he found nothing left of his family when the house collapsed into the floodwaters. As the rescue effort continued, police used drone footage to locate and recover additional bodies from the surrounding mud. The Nepali Army, working with a South Korean rescue team, also freed a Chinese national from the Upper Trishuli-I Hydropower Project in Rasuwa. Two other workers were rescued from the same tunnel complex, with one reporting that people can survive underground for longer than typically expected. In total, close to 1,340 people have been confirmed dead and nearly 5,000 remain missing in what Nepal's worst disaster in a decade.",
  "summary": null,
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  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
        "title": "Two people are rescued 10 days after deadly Nepal floods",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/06/two-people-are-rescued-10-days-after-deadly-nepal-floods-5872831",
        "published": "2026-09-06T00:11:40.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Age",
        "title": "Two people are rescued 10 days after deadly Nepal floods",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/06/two-people-are-rescued-10-days-after-deadly-nepal-floods",
        "published": "2026-09-06T00:11:40.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}