Nepal floods: Boy, 8, reunited with mother after surviving by climbing trees

A heartwarming reunion has taken place in Nepal, where an 8-year-old boy, Zoyal Ghale, was reunited with his mother after surviving devastating floods by climbing trees. Zoyal had fled into a forest and scaled trees to escape the rising waters, which have caused widespread destruction in the country.

His mother, Matti Maya Tamang, 28, had been frantically searching for both Zoyal and his brother, moving between shelters and collection points. A day before the reunion, Zoyal was airlifted alone from the northern district of Rasuwa. He sustained a broken leg and cuts on his face during his ordeal.

Tamang recounted her despair, telling Reuters, "At the fourth place too, my children's names were not on the list, and they were not there. I had come to accept that both my children were no more. All I could do was weep. I couldn't hold myself together at all."

The floods have had a severe impact on children in Nepal. According to UNICEF, at least 17,000 children have been affected across the Rasuwa, Nuwakot, and Dhading districts north of Kathmandu. The UN children's agency is working with the Nepalese government to identify, register, and reunite children who have been separated from their families.

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At the fourth place too, my children's names were not on the list, and they were not there. I had come to accept that both my children were no more. All I could do was weep. I couldn't hold myself together at all.