Head teacher evacuated 900 children minutes before Nepal floods hit school
The headmaster acted after urgent warnings from upstream relatives and staff, saving more than 900 students and 16 faculty members before the school was destroyed.
- On Wednesday, Headmaster Rajendra Dawadi evacuated 900 students from The Tribhuvan Trishuli Secondary School in Bidur, Nepal, about 10 minutes before flash floods destroyed the building.
- A glacial collapse in the Himalayas unleashed deadly flash floods, killing over 900 people across Nepal and China, while an accountant's warning from Rasuwa provided just 14 minutes to evacuate.
- Headmaster Dawadi ordered buses to turn back, including one that crossed a newly constructed bridge moments before the old bridge beside it collapsed. Two staff members remain missing.
- Parents embraced Headmaster Dawadi upon his return, thanking him for saving their children. Student Suvina Tamang, 14, said, "I will thank him when I see him for saving my life."
- Charity group Save the Children reported at least 69 schools destroyed across northern Nepal, putting nearly 19,000 students' education at risk. Headmaster Dawadi urges authorities to rebuild his school in a safer location.
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Indira Guerrero Bidur (Nepal), 2 Sep (EFE).- One week after a flood razed part of central Nepal, Libes Raj Shakya recalls that the warning came out loud from a school employee who was walking around the market warning that the water was approaching. "We had only three minutes to escape," Shakya says. [...] The Three minutes to run: the alert that came from mouth to mouth before the flood in Nepal was first published in HolaNews.
Nepal Principal Hailed As Hero After Saving Nearly 1,000 Kids With Evacuation Just Minutes Before Deadly Flash Floods Destroyed School
As devastating floods wreak havoc across Nepal, one principal is being celebrated for a split-second decision that reportedly saved roughly 900 schoolchildren from disaster.The deadly flooding began Wednesday morning along the Nepal-Tibet border, where a glacial collapse unleashed a powerful surge of water and debris downstream, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.By Sunday, Nepal had reported 781 deaths, while 2,502 people—including 592 for…
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