Engulfed a Village in Just 30 Minutes... Scenes of Desperate Escape Amid Chaos

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As several-meter-high muddy waters swept over a construction site and a village, people on the scene had to make a desperate escape. The tense situation was captured entirely on video.

Reporter Ha Jeongyeon has the details.

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Water rushes down the valley at a terrifying speed, and workers at a hydroelectric power plant construction site begin running for their lives.

[Oh my god! Run away quickly!]

Moments later, house-sized muddy waters roar in and swallow the site whole.

As the fierce currents threaten to engulf even the village, residents panic in utter terror.

[Shoyam Rajbhandari / Local Resident: When I arrived at the market, the flood struck in just 30 minutes and destroyed the entire market. People were preparing to go to work at the time.]

People assessing the situation near the bridge are also startled by the massive current and rush to get to safety, and moments later, a mud tsunami strikes, causing the bridge to collapse helplessly.

It is reported that the flood warning sounded only after the fast-moving currents, reaching up to 70 kilometers per hour, had already reached the village.

[Suraj Sigdel / Mercy Corps Nepal Country Director: Nothing was effective. The early warning systems or any devices installed in that area did not work.]

Even after a flash flood hit the region in July of last year, washing away a bridge connecting China and Nepal—prompting agreements to strengthen information sharing, such as China immediately notifying Nepal when water levels on its side of the river rose—reports indicate that the cooperative system between the two countries failed to function properly during this massive flood, leading to a greater loss of life.

(Video Editing: Yoon Tae-ho)
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