A quick-thinking accountant and a 14-minute warning saved more than 900 students and 16 faculty members at Tribhuvan Trishuli Secondary School before a catastrophic flash flood completely wiped out the campus in central Nepal.
- The Warning: After receiving an urgent phone call from a relative upstream, the school accountant alerted Headmaster Rajendra Dawadi, who immediately halted classes and sounded the evacuation alarm.
- The Escape: Buses were diverted to safety, parents rushed in on motorbikes, and students fled up nearby hills. The last bus crossed the river bridge just moments before floodwaters collapsed the structure and erased the school complex.
- The Aftermath: While all 900 students on campus survived, the surrounding floods have claimed over 900 lives across the region. Tragically, at least one staff member and the accountant's mother remain missing.
Source: Reuters
