Principal Saves 900 Students From Nepal Floods With Prompt Evacuation Order; 6-Year-Old Girl Dramatically Rescued

It has belatedly been reported that a middle school principal in Nepal swiftly evacuated around 900 students and staff just 10 minutes before floodwaters rushed in during a major flood crisis.

According to outlets including the BBC, Rajendra Dawadi, the principal of Tribhuvan Trishuli Secondary School in Nuwakot, Nepal, received four warning calls at 9:10 a.m. local time on August 26, the day the massive flood occurred, warning that a flood was approaching.

Realizing the severity of the situation after a parent personally came to pick up their child, he immediately decided to evacuate the students and faculty members.

Principal Dawadi instructed everyone on school grounds to immediately run up to higher ground.

He also contacted a school bus heading toward the school with students aboard, ordering it to turn around and drive far away from the school.

Dawadi breathed a sigh of relief, stating that if he had not made the swift decision or if the evacuation had been delayed by even 10 minutes, a catastrophe would have befallen everyone at the school, including himself.

As a result of the floods, most of the school buildings were buried in mud and debris.

According to Principal Dawadi's testimony, the water rose so rapidly that a dormitory building located about 100 meters away from the river was submerged in an instant.

Unisha Amatia, a student at the school, described the harrowing situation, saying, "We escaped through a narrow ladder at the back of the school, and in the blink of an eye, the market around the school was swept away by the current. It seems the people who tried to escape through a different route than ours were ultimately swept away by the water."

After seeking refuge on high ground, the students and staff of the school were isolated for two nights as connections to the outside world were cut off, waiting for rescue teams to arrive.

They were subsequently airlifted by helicopter to a nearby village.

Meanwhile, a story has also emerged of a 6-year-old girl who was dramatically rescued after being trapped under building debris for about 60 hours, reuniting with her parents.

The BBC reported that Manisha Magar was found in the debris near Syabrubesi in the Rasuwa district of Nepal and was saved following a two-hour rescue operation.

At the time of her rescue, the girl was alive but in an exhausted state with only a faint breath left. Rescue workers reportedly heard a small moan resembling a cat's meow from beneath the building wreckage and successfully rescued young Manisha.

(Photo: Yonhap News)
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