97-year-old woman rescued alive from Nepal flood rubble
Guna Maya Bohara was pulled from the rubble after an operation that lasted about four hours and required an excavator to clear the debris
A 97-year-old woman was rescued alive from the debris of a care home after devastating flash floods struck Nepal and neighbouring Tibet, in a rare survival story amid a difficult rescue operation.
Guna Maya Bohara was pulled from the rubble after an operation that lasted about four hours and required an excavator to clear the debris, according to information provided about the rescue, reports the BBC.
Bohara was taken to hospital, where she is recovering.
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Her great-nephew, Dipak Bohara, travelled from Kathmandu to help with the rescue effort. He described Bohara as looking like "a warrior" returning victorious from battle when rescuers finally brought her out.
The disaster was likely triggered by the collapse of a glacier or a large mass of ice and rock, sending a surge of water, ice, rock and debris through valleys and destroying homes, roads and bridges.
Nepalese authorities have reported hundreds of deaths, while thousands of people remain missing across the Nepal-Tibet border.
Bohara's rescue offered a rare moment of hope as emergency teams continued to face difficult conditions and complicated search and rescue efforts in areas affected by the floods.
