Miracle in Nepal: woman rescued from mud-filled home and man found 225 metres inside tunnel
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- Rescuers pulled a Chinese citizen from a tunnel and a Nepali woman from a home buried by mud in Nepal.
- The rescues came 10 days after a landslide devastated part of the Himalayas.
- A provisional toll listed 1,331 dead and about 5,000 missing after the glacier collapse.
As hope was fading, rescuers in Nepal saved two people who had remained trapped after a disaster that struck the Himalayas 10 days earlier. A Chinese citizen was found inside a tunnel, 225 metres from its entrance, while a Nepali woman was pulled from a home buried under mud.
The woman was rescued from a house overwhelmed by a sudden flood in Betrawati, in Nepal's Nuwakot district. A photograph released by Nepal's Armed Police Force showed security personnel helping her after she emerged from the mud-covered structure.
The rescues followed the collapse of a glacier and the landslide that devastated the region. A provisional balance cited in the report put the death toll at 1,331, with around 5,000 people still missing.
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Originally published by La Nación in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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