Shafaqna English– An elderly Nepali woman, was rescued alive ten days after her family had begun mourning her death, having survived inside her collapsed home in Betrawati village during the deadly floods.
Trapped in a narrow air pocket after her four‑storey house was swept into quicksand, she was found by police officer, who heard her cries and led a 45‑minute rescue operation on Saturday, taking her to an army hospital.
Her family had already started the 11‑day mourning period. Betrawati, buried under hardened white deposits, has been devastated, with its market and many residential buildings—some four storeys high—completely destroyed. The floods have killed over 1,300 people nationwide, with thousands still missing.
Source: Reuters