Principal’s evacuation saves 900 pupils as flood destroys Nepal school
When a sudden flood surged through the Trishuli Valley, principal Rajendra Dawadi ordered teachers to move roughly 900 students to higher ground, turning away incoming buses. The three‑storey school building collapsed, killing five students, a teacher and a security staff member, while two staff remain missing. Survivors, including 17‑year‑old Santoshi Dotel, waited months before a helicopter rescued them and reunited them with families. Save the Children estimates that at least 69 schools were damaged or destroyed, and officials are planning to rebuild the school on higher ground with Indian assistance, seeking temporary classrooms in the interim.
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Why it matters
The disaster disrupts education for thousands of children and highlights the need for safer school infrastructure in flood‑prone areas.
How this story developed
- Aug 27 Flash Floods from Glacial Collapse Leave Hundreds Dead and Thousands Missing on Nepal-Tibet Border
- Sep 2 A scientific review released new findings on pre‑event signals in the glacier collapse.
- Sep 3 Families held symbolic funerals for missing victims.
- Sep 3 Death toll rose above 1,270 and bodies recovered reached 1,252.
- Sep 3 Rescuers freed mechanical foreman Sanjay Shah and supervisor Kabir Maharjan from the Upper Trishuli 3A tunnel nine days after catastrophic floods swept the Nepal-China border region.
- Sep 3 Park officials said river‑gauge alarms stopped transmitting as the flood intensified.
- Sep 4 More than 1,250 people have died and nearly 4,000 are missing after floods devastated Nepal’s Bhotekoshi-Trisuli basin, prompting calls for international climate-justice support.
- Sep 4 A third worker’s body was recovered and officials said about 39 people remain trapped.
- Sep 5 A Chinese worker was rescued from the Upper Trishuli-3A tunnel and is undergoing medical evaluation.
- Sep 5 A Canadian citizen missing after the floods was located safe.
- Sep 5 A 64‑year‑old Nepali woman was rescued from a mud‑filled home in Nuwakot.
- Sep 6 An unidentified body was recovered near the Wi dam.
- Sep 6 Prime Minister Balendra Shah announced Nepal will press the disaster at the UN General Assembly.
- Sep 6 Officials are pursuing higher‑ground reconstruction of the school with Indian aid.
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