In what is being hailed as an absolute miracle, a 64-year-old woman named Chandika Kumari Shrestha was pulled alive from her mud-buried home in Betrawati, Nepal, a staggering 10 days after catastrophic flash floods devastated the region.
The severe weather and subsequent floods, triggered by a massive glacial and rock collapse, left entire settlements swallowed by thick sludge and debris.
The Miraculous Discovery: While rescue teams were combing through the heavily damaged area, officers heard a weak, faint cry for help coming from the upper floor of a four-storey house that had been swept from its original location and buried.
Enduring the Ordeal: Shrestha managed to survive for 10 days trapped inside a narrow pocket of air surrounded by thick mud and water.
The Rescue Operation: Armed Police Force personnel executed a meticulous 45-minute rescue operation, breaking through debris to extract her in a semi-conscious condition before airlifting her to Birendra Military Hospital in Kathmandu for urgent medical treatment.
The breathtaking rescue came at the eleventh hour for her loved ones. Believing she had perished in the disaster alongside thousands of others missing from the floods, her family had already gathered in Kathmandu to begin traditional 11-day mourning and symbolic funeral rites. News of her survival transformed profound grief into overwhelming relief as recovery efforts continue across the hardest-hit regions of Nepal.
