International🌐 Available in EnglishSeptember 6, 2026
Watch: Moment 64-year-old Nepali woman is found alive in mud-buried home
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Nepali authorities discovered a 64-year-old woman alive in her partially buried home more than ten days after an avalanche devastated a Himalayan valley. Chandika Shrestha was airlifted to Kathmandu hospital for treatment.
More than 10 days after a wall of ice, rock and mud tore through a Himalayan valley in Nepal, rescuers continue to find survivors.
Chandika Shrestha, a 64-year-old woman, was discovered alive on the fourth floor of her partially buried house in the Nuwakot district by Nepal's Armed Police Force on 5 September, according to Reuters.
She was airlifted to a hospital in Kathmandu for treatment, Reuters reported.