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

By Saurabh Sharma, Sunil Kataria and Gopal SharmaBIDUR, Nepal, Aug 31 (Reuters) - Headmaster Rajendra Dawadi was in his school in Nepal's Bidur last Wednesday 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.

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