Nepal: 60-year-old woman pulled alive from flood debris in Nepal after 11 days.
Sep 5, 2026
RESTRICTION: USERS MUST CREDIT “ARMED POLICE FORCE OF NEPAL” HANDOUT, MUST NOT OBSCURE LOGO —EDITORIAL USE ONLY— SHOTLIST: NUWAKOT, NEPAL (SEP. 5, 2026) (ARMED POLICE FORCE OF NEPAL - RESTRICTED) 1. VARIOUS OF OFFICIALS RESCUING WOMAN FROM FLOODED HOUSENUWAKOT, NEPAL - SEP. 5, 2026 - RESTRICTION: USERS MUST CREDIT “ARMED POLICE FORCE OF NEPAL” HANDOUT, MUST NOT OBSCURE LOGO —EDITORIAL USE ONLY— Emergency personnel rescued a 60-year-old woman alive from the ruins of a flood-damaged house in Nepal's Nuwakot district on Saturday, Sept. 5, 11 days after catastrophic monsoon floods and landslides devastated the region, Nepal's Armed Police Force said. The woman, identified as Chandika Shrestha, was rescued from the house in Betravati, in Vidur Municipality-10, with the help of other agencies. Shrestha was flown by helicopter to Kathmandu for medical treatment. The death toll from flash floods and mudslides along the Nepal-China border rose to 1,375 on Saturday, while 5,531 people remained missing 10 days after the disaster struck, according to official data. Nepal's National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority said 1,344 people were killed, while 5,000 others, including 589 foreigners, remained missing. Chinese authorities said at least 31 people were killed, while 531 others remained missing in the southwestern Xizang Autonomous Region, also known as Tibet. Of those missing, 850 are foreigners, according to official figures from Nepal and China. The disaster struck Aug. 26 when a glacier on Nepal's Mount Langtang Lirung fractured at an altitude of about 5,200 meters (17,060 feet). The fracture triggered an ice-rock avalanche that developed into a massive debris flow and swept through valleys along the border. Floodwaters and mudslides devastated Nepal's Rasuwa, Nuwakot, Dhading and Kavre districts, as well as the Kathmandu Valley.
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