Five Indian friends narrowly escaped devastating flash floods in Nepal. A brief tea stop in Malekhu town saved them from the disaster. They spent two tense days on higher ground watching the river's destruction. Local authorities and residents provided assistance during the precarious situation. The group returned home safely after the ordeal concluded.

Some survivors of the deadly floods on the Nepal-China border ran for their lives, others narrowly missed disaster, but all were eyewitnesses to a major calamity and its aftermath.

Survivors of the catastrophic flash floods in Nepal and Tibet, some still missing friends and family members, shared harrowing accounts of their escape from raging floodwaters…