Nepal police rescued Chandrika Shrestha, 64, from her buried home in Nuwakot district on 5/9, 10 days after a devastating flash flood. Deputy Police Chief Iqbal Hawari stated, "A police team found the woman while clearing the area. She was airlifted to the capital Kathmandu for treatment."
Rescue teams extract a woman from her buried house after a flash flood in Nepal on 5/9. *Video: RT*
Images released by police illustrate the severity of the disaster: only the roof and a corner of the upper floor of her house remained visible, with the entire lower section submerged under thick mud.
The same day, rescue teams also freed Chinese worker Lu Haitao from a hydropower tunnel in Nepal, where hundreds are still trapped. This rescue offered a rare glimmer of hope amid the widespread devastation.
Lu recounted his desperate efforts to attract attention for days, constantly shouting for help whenever he saw lights. "Whenever I saw lights, I would yell 'Hello, everyone!' really loudly. Maybe they didn't hear me. Today, when they came to rescue me, even with the light shining right in front of me, I still couldn't believe it was real," he said.
Chinese worker rescued from a hydropower plant tunnel in Nepal on 5/9. *Video: CBS News*
On 4/9, Nepal rescue teams, working continuously day and night under challenging conditions, also freed two workers from another hydropower plant.
Despite these successful rescues, the death toll from the flash flood disaster that struck on 26/8 continues to climb.
Nepal's National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority announced authorities have found 1,344 bodies, with approximately 5,000 people still missing. In China, state media reported 31 people have died and 531 are missing in the Tibet Autonomous Region due to the flash flood's impact.
The total death toll from the disaster is currently 1,375, with over 5,500 people missing across the affected regions.
By Vu Hoang (CNN, AFP, Reuters)
