A teacher at a school directly in the path of the horror torrent that crushed buildings along the Trishuli river has been credited with saving every child and all but two staff
Nepal floods teacher saves more than 1,600 lives with alarm calls as death toll tops 700 and thousands missing
A teacher at a school directly in the path of the horror torrent that crushed buildings along the Trishuli river has been credited with saving every child and all but two staff
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Liam Doyle
13:04, 30 Aug 2026Updated 13:19, 30 Aug 2026
In a school in Trishuli, over 1600 students' lives were threatened as the water level rose. However, a teacher, with his presence…
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Rajendra Dawadi ordered students to higher ground with moments to spare after receiving warnings from upstream
Rajendra Dawadi, the principal of Tribhuvan Trishuli secondary school, received a phone call on Wednesday morning telling him the…
Nepal floods: Teacher rescues over 1,600 students as raging waters destroy Trishuli school building
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