Nepalese boy, 8, survives flood by climbing trees, reunited with mother

Amid the devastation of a flood disaster in Nepal, an 8-year-old boy named Zoyal Ghale has been found alive, offering a rare glimmer of hope. Zoyal survived the catastrophic event by climbing trees after his school was inundated by a massive tidal wave.

He was discovered by police officers with a broken leg and facial wounds. To persuade him to accept medical treatment, officers gave him two 10-rupee notes, and he was taken to the local hospital in Nuwakot.

Meanwhile, Zoyal's mother, Matti Maya Tamang, was frantic, fearing both her sons had perished. The landscape was unrecognizable, and the school had been completely destroyed. "You could no longer see where the school had been. There was only water, rocks, and mud, everywhere," she recounted.

After searching multiple shelters, a journalist from Reuters, Sahana Bajracharya, heard about a boy in the hospital whose family could not be identified. The journalist left her contact information. Zoyal agreed to be filmed in hopes of finding his family, leading to his reunion with his mother.

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You could no longer see where the school had been. There was only water, rocks, and mud, everywhere.