Head teacher evacuated 900 children minutes before Nepal floods hit school
Rajendra Dawadi sounded the school bell and turned back buses after four warnings, helping save 1,643 students before floodwaters destroyed the building.
- On Wednesday, Nepali principal Rajendra Dawadi evacuated 1,643 children from Tribhuvan Trishuli Secondary School in the Trishuli Valley minutes before flash floods destroyed the building.
- A massive collapse of ice and rock from Langtang Lirung peak near the Nepal-Tibet border triggered the catastrophic flooding, sending debris around 1,200 metres into the Lhende Khola river.
- Dawadi sounded the school bell at 9:20 am on Wednesday, initiating a chaotic evacuation; two school employees, janitor Sultan Lama and social history teacher Santos Pariyar, died during the disaster.
- Locals have hailed Dawadi as a hero for his quick action, as the children eventually reached higher ground and took shelter beneath a bodhi tree after the school was overwhelmed.
- The tragedy has revived memories of Nepal's vulnerability to mountain disasters, including the 2015 earthquake that killed 8,962 people across South Asia; at least 734 people have died in Nepal from the current flooding.
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Headmaster saves 900 children just a few minutes from the flood in Nepal
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A school principal in Nepal is believed to have saved the lives of at least 900 students after he ordered an emergency evacuation just minutes before catastrophic floodwaters reached the school building. Rajenda Dawadi, the principal […] The post Principal's dramatic evacuation saves 900 students from floods in Nepal appeared first on Novi list.
Only 15 minutes before the tidal wave, a headmaster in Nepal was warned. He acted immediately. Around 900 students could thus still get to safety in time.
A QUICK reaction and evacuation by a principal in Nepal saved 900 students just minutes before a catastrophic flood destroyed a school.
Warning of further disasters in the region overshadow clean-up work. Around 800 people have been reported dead to date.
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