Rescuers pulled out a 64-year-old Nepali woman alive on Saturday from her home, buried under thick mud and debris when the region was struck by massive flooding 10 days ago, killing over 1,300 people and leaving at least 5,500 missing.
Emergency personnel said earlier they had rescued a Chinese man, named only as Luhaitao, found alive inside a 225-metre tunnel of the Upper Trishuli-1 Hydropower Project in Nepal’s Rasuwa district.
Footage shared by the Nepali army showed him being given emergency medical attention inside a helicopter, which took him to an army hospital.
He appeared exhausted and disoriented, with dried mud and dust on his skin and clothing. A uniformed doctor with a stethoscope was seen checking his vitals.
Members of Nepal’s Armed Police Force cheered later on Saturday as a mud-caked woman, Chandrika Shrestha, was pulled from her buried home in Nuwakot district.
“A police team found her as they were clearing the area. She has been airlifted to Kathmandu for treatment,” said police deputy superintendent Iqbal Hawari.
A video released by Nepal’s Armed Police Force showed only a part of her house visible, with the lower floors completely submerged by thick sludge.