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Miracle after miracle
Nepal floods: Woman rescued alive after 11 days
Published : Sunday, 6 September, 2026 at 10:32 AM
Observer Online Report
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A 64-year-old woman in Nepal was rescued alive 11 days after catastrophic flooding washed away her residence, following a period where her family presumed her dead and initiated funeral rites.
Chandika Shrestha was swept away alongside her home when the Bhotekoshi River burst its banks during recent flash floods.
Her family conducted an extensive eight-day search across the region. Unable to trace her, they assumed she had perished, constructed a symbolic effigy from kusha grass, and commenced traditional funeral rituals at their Kathmandu home.
On the 11th day following her disappearance, rescue teams led by Armed Police Force Inspector Suman BK discovered Chandika alive but unconscious inside a property owned by Ananda Shrestha in the Betrawati area.
Chandika, a resident of Bidur Municipality-10 in Nuwakot, was at home with her husband when floodwaters uprooted their four-and-a-half-story building.
Her brother-in-law, Ramesh Man Shrestha, stated that the structure floated downriver before lodging along the banks of the Trishuli River.
Ramesh noted that search efforts were severely hampered by heavy mud, waterlogging, and toxic odor from decaying matter along the Trishuli River banks, which restricted access to the site.
Following the rescue, emergency crews airlifted Chandika by helicopter to the Nepal Army's Maibal Barracks in Trishuli for initial triage.
She was subsequently transferred to the Army Hospital in Chhauni, Kathmandu, where physicians placed her under a 72-hour medical observation period.
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