Watch: 64-year-old Nepali woman found alive in mud-buried home
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- Rescuers found 64-year-old Chandika Shrestha alive on the fourth floor of her partially buried home in Nepal’s Nuwakot district.
- Nepal’s Armed Police Force discovered her on Sept. 5, more than 10 days after ice, rock and mud swept through a Himalayan valley.
- Shrestha was airlifted to a hospital in Kathmandu.
Chandika Shrestha, a 64-year-old woman, was found alive on the fourth floor of her partially buried home in Nepal’s Nuwakot district.
Nepal’s Armed Police Force discovered her on Sept. 5, more than 10 days after a wall of ice, rock and mud tore through a Himalayan valley. Rescuers continue to find survivors.
Shrestha was airlifted to a hospital in Kathmandu for treatment.
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