Six-year-old girl rescued after being trapped under rubble in Nepal floods
The girl was found more than 55 hours after the mudflow, and rescuers said roads were washed out and the area was reachable only by helicopter.
- Nepal's Armed Police Force rescued a 6-year-old girl from rubble on Friday evening, more than 55 hours after flash floods struck the Nepal-China border region.
- Flash floods near the Nepal-China border engulfed a crossing, trapping the girl under mud-covered debris about 3 kilometers downstream where rescuers heard her cries.
- APF spokesperson Netra Karki confirmed the child sustained non-life-threatening injuries to her face and back, calling the rescue a "miracle."
- Although the girl is receiving treatment in Rasuwa, authorities confirmed they do not know the whereabouts of her parents after she received initial care at an APF office.
- Severe weather and destroyed roads hamper ongoing search operations, as CNN reporter Anderson Cooper reports families are seeking missing loved ones at a hospital in Kathmandu.
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The flood record, which devastated Nepal and China on Wednesday, August 26, 2026, is getting worse. Nepal's authorities are now talking about 939 dead and nearly 4,000 missing. China, for its part, is talking about 16 dead and 546 missing. Research is continuing and some miracles are taking place. The authorities have reported in recent hours on the rescue of a 6-year-old girl on Friday, August 28.
While the balance sheet of the dead and the missing continues to grow in disaster-stricken Nepal, some events are returning hope. Manisha Magar, a six-year-old girl, was saved after spending hours under the mud in Timure, one of the first villages hit on August 26 by huge landslides, mud and debris, similar to a tsunami, reports AFP.
VIDEO - Manisha Magar, a six-year-old girl, was rescued after spending nearly sixty hours under the rubble.
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Timure (Nepal), 31 Aug. (askanews) - The images released by the Nepal Armed Police and filmed on August 28 show the agents who extract from the Manisha rubble, a six-year-old girl who was trapped for hours under the mud in Timure, one of the first villages hit by the tide of water, mud and debris on August 26.
The rescue video went viral. About two hours to get her to safety (ANSA)
A 6-year-old girl was pulled alive from under a pile of mud and rubble in Timure, Nepal, after approximately 60 hours. Rescue workers heard her crying and dug her out after a two-hour rescue operation. She received medical attention and was later taken to a hospital in Kathmandu. The death toll from the flood disaster has risen to 903. Thousands of people are missing, including three Dutch nationals.
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