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Nepal School Principal’s Split-Second Decision Saved 900 Students from a Deadly Flood

From Postimees · () Estonian

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

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In-depth From a news agency Outcome reported
  • School principal Rajendra Dawadi evacuated about 900 students from a school near Nepal’s Trishuli River after a colleague warned him of an approaching flash flood.
  • Teachers quickly moved hundreds of students from classrooms to higher ground.

Rajendra Dawadi faced the biggest decision of his life when a colleague arrived at his school near Nepal’s Trishuli River and warned that a flash flood was coming.

About 900 students were inside the school at the time. Dawadi quickly ordered an evacuation, and teachers moved hundreds of students from their classrooms to higher ground in the surrounding area.

“My accountant came to the school and said: ‘The flood is coming, the flood is coming,’” Dawadi told AFP in a recent interview.

My accountant came to the school and said: ‘The flood is coming, the flood is coming.’

· Rajendra DawadiThe principal recalled the warning that prompted him to order the evacuation.
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