Principal saves 900 students 10 minutes before floods hit
Translated from Malay and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.
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- Rajendra Dawadi moved 900 students at Tribhuvan Trishuli Secondary School in Nuwakot, Nepal, to safety 10 minutes before floodwaters hit.
- Dawadi told the BBC that he received four consecutive phone calls at 9:10 a.m. local time.
A principal in Nepal moved 900 students to safety just 10 minutes before powerful floodwaters struck the school grounds.
Rajendra Dawadi, principal of Tribhuvan Trishuli Secondary School in Nuwakot, took the action after receiving four consecutive phone calls at 9:10 a.m. local time, according to his account to the BBC.
The students were transferred to a safe area before the floodwaters reached the school.
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Originally published by Utusan Malaysia in Malay. 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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