Six-year-old girl rescued after being trapped under rubble in Nepal floods
The girl was found more than 55 hours after the mudflow, and rescuers said roads were washed out and the area was reachable only by helicopter.
- Nepal's Armed Police Force rescued a 6-year-old girl from rubble on Friday evening, more than 55 hours after flash floods struck the Nepal-China border region.
- Flash floods near the Nepal-China border engulfed a crossing, trapping the girl under mud-covered debris about 3 kilometers downstream where rescuers heard her cries.
- APF spokesperson Netra Karki confirmed the child sustained non-life-threatening injuries to her face and back, calling the rescue a "miracle."
- Although the girl is receiving treatment in Rasuwa, authorities confirmed they do not know the whereabouts of her parents after she received initial care at an APF office.
- Severe weather and destroyed roads hamper ongoing search operations, as CNN reporter Anderson Cooper reports families are seeking missing loved ones at a hospital in Kathmandu.
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Young girl rescued from rubble in Nepal
Nepal’s Armed Police Force (APF) has released a dramatic video of a young girl’s rescue from a collapsed building on August 28. She is currently receiving treatment in Rasuwa. APF doesn’t know the whereabouts of the parents.
A five-year-old girl who was rescued on Friday, August 28, two days after the devastating flash floods in Nepal, was reunited with her parents in hospital. Little Manisa, 5, is being treated […] The post Nepal Floods: Five-year-old rescued after 48 hours under rubble appeared first on PatrisNews - Patris Ilias Newspaper.
Amid the untold devastation left behind by deadly floods in Nepal, a child’s voice from the rubble brought a moment of hope. 6-year-old Manisha Tamang was trapped for nearly 60 hours under the rubble of a collapsed building in the Timur district after deadly floods and landslides hit the country. […]
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