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Nepal Flash Flood: Two More Survivors Rescued

From Der Standard · () German

Translated from German and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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News Named sources Outcome reported
  • Rescue workers in Nepal recovered a man and a woman alive 10 days after a devastating flash flood from Himalayan glacier areas.
  • A woman in her sixties was rescued from a buried house in Betrawati and flown to Kathmandu for treatment.
  • A Chinese citizen was also rescued from a tunnel, but the available report gives no further details about his condition.

Ten days after a devastating flash flood from the Himalayan glacier areas, rescuers in Nepal recovered two more people alive.

A woman in her sixties survived inside a buried house in Betrawati, in Bagmati province near the border with Tibet. Police said rescuers brought her out alive and flew her to Kathmandu for treatment.

Authorities had not yet released further information about her condition. A Chinese citizen was also pulled alive from a tunnel, according to the report.

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Originally published by Der Standard in German. 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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