Watch: Moment 64-year-old Nepali woman is found alive in mud-buried home

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A video shows a rescue team from Nepal's Armed Police Force discovering a 64-year-old Nepali woman named Chandika Shrestha alive in her partially buried home on September 5th. The incident occurred over 10 days after a natural disaster caused by ice, rock, and mud tore through a Himalayan valley in the Nuwakot district of Nepal. Details about Shrestha's condition are not provided in this report, but she was airlifted to a hospital in Kathmandu for treatment.

Written by AI on 2026-09-06, from this article's own text only (the story summary below draws on all the coverage).

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On August 26, a catastrophic flood struck the Nepal-Tibet region after a glacier collapsed in Nepal, resulting in over 1,300 deaths and leaving more than 5,500 people missing. Ten days later, on September 5, rescuers pulled out two survivors: Luhaitao, a Chinese man from a hydropower tunnel in Rasuwa district, and Chandrika Shrestha, a 64-year-old Nepali woman rescued from her home in Nuwakot district. Both were airlifted for medical treatment. The rescue operations continue amid immense challenges, with the UN launching an appeal for $US50 million to help over 84,000 affected individuals.

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