Nepali woman rescued alive after 10 days under flood debris

 

Nepali woman rescued alive after 10 days under flood debris



Army personnel arrive in Trishuli after a rescue operation in the aftermath of flash floods in Nepal's Nuwakot district on September 4, 2026. Two hydropower workers were pulled from a tunnel buried by debris in Nepal on September 4, more than a week after catastrophic flooding swept through the area, government ministers said. — AFP pic


Summary

• Rescuers in Nepal saved a 64-year-old woman from her buried home 10 days after severe flooding, following a glacial collapse, devastated the area.
• A Chinese man was also rescued from a tunnel at a hydropower project in Rasuwa district, Nepal.
• The disaster resulted in 1,375 deaths and 5,500 missing across Nepal and China.

First Published: Saturday, 05 Sep 2026 6:44 PM MYT


NUWAKOT (Nepal), Sept 5 — Rescuers pulled a Nepali woman alive today from her home buried under thick mud and debris when the region was struck by massive flooding 10 days ago.

Emergency personnel said earlier they had rescued a Chinese man found alive inside a tunnel of the Upper Trishuli-1 Hydropower Project in Nepal’s Rasuwa district.

Members of Nepal’s Armed Police Force cheered as the mud-caked 64-year-old woman, Chandrika Shrestha, was pulled from her buried home in Nuwakot district.


“A police team found her as they were clearing the area. She has been airlifted to Kathmandu for treatment,” police deputy superintendent Iqbal Hawari told AFP.



This handout photograph taken and released on September 5, 2026 by Nepal Army shows security personnel assisting a woman rescued from a flash-flood ravaged house at Betrawati in Nepal's Nuwakot district. Devastating floods on the China-Nepal border have killed at least 1,287 people in Nepal, the disaster authority said September 4, with the number of missing at 5,083. — Nepal Army handout via AFP pic




A video released by Nepal’s Armed Police Force showed only a part of her house visible, with the lower floors completely submerged by thick sludge.

Emergency response teams have been working relentlessly to find survivors since a tsunami-like wall of water and mud swept through the China-Nepal border following a glacial and rock collapse on August 26.