How a principal saved 900 students moments before school vanished in Nepal floods

The Nepal floods have killed over 100 people in Nepal and Tibet. More than 4,400 remain missing.

Rajendra Dawadi was inside his classroom when a colleague rushed in with a warning: floodwaters were racing through Nepal’s Trishuli Valley, tearing apart homes, bridges and entire villages. Then a teacher received another warning by phone. Moments later, a parent arrived to take her child home. The danger had not yet

Nepal school principal Rajendra Dawadi recalls the devastating floods that forced him to evacuate over 900 students.

Rajendra Dawadi had less than 15 minutes to act on a warning of approaching floodwaters. His swift evacuation plan saved hundreds of lives.