Last-minute flood warning saved over 900 Nepal students, school head says

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BIDUR: Headmaster Rajendra Dawadi was at his school in Nepal's Bidur last Wednesday (Aug 26) when his accountant entered, shouting: "The flood is coming, the flood is coming!
", giving an early warning that helped save the lives of 900 students and 16 faculty members.
As teachers at the Tribhuvan Trishuli Secondary School began receiving panicked phone calls from relatives and friends, a roaring wave of mud water was already making its way through the valley upstream, flattening entire towns.

BIDUR: Headmaster Rajendra Dawadi was at his school in Nepal's Bidur last Wednesday (Aug 26) when his accountant entered, shouting: "The flood is coming, the flood is coming!
", giving an early warning that helped save the lives of 900 students and 16 faculty members.
As teachers at the Tribhuvan Trishuli Secondary School began receiving panicked phone calls from relatives and friends, a roaring wave of mud water was already making its way through the valley upstream, flattening entire towns.

Sources: CNA