97-year-old woman pulled from Nepal flood debris, recovering in hospital
A 97-year-old woman was rescued after a four-hour operation from the rubble of a care home destroyed in Nepal's flash floods, with a relative likening her to a victorious warrior. Hundreds have died in the floods, believed to have been triggered by a glacier collapse.
A 97-year-old woman named Guna Maya Bohara has been pulled alive from the debris of a collapsed care home in Nepal following devastating flash floods, and is now recovering in hospital, according to her doctors.
Her great-nephew, Dipak Bohara, travelled from Kathmandu to take part in the rescue effort. Speaking to BBC Nepali, he described his great-aunt as looking like "a warrior" who had returned victorious from battle, reflecting the resilience she showed after her ordeal.
A lengthy rescue effort
Freeing Bohara from the rubble of her care home took rescuers around four hours, underscoring the difficulty of the operation given both her age and the state of the wreckage.
Deadly floods in the Himalayas
The flash floods struck on Wednesday, and hundreds of deaths have since been confirmed. Scientists believe the disaster was triggered by the collapse of a glacier in the Himalayan border region between Nepal and Tibet, unleashing a torrent that devastated the area and prompted an extensive rescue response.
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