https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/teacher-saved-1-643-children-from-nepal-flash-floodsContinuously updated, source-cited coverage. https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/teacher-saved-1-643-children-from-nepal-flash-floodshttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/teacher-saved-1-643-children-from-nepal-flash-floods#u54525Wed, 02 Sep 2026 07:25:40 +0000Rajendra Dawadi, the 47-year-old principal of Tribhuvan Trishuli Secondary School, saved a large number of students by ordering an evacuation minutes after learning an upstream village had been swept away. The school building in Nepal's Nuwakot district was subsequently buried or swept away by floodwaters and mudslides. While several sources credit Dawadi with saving 1,643 children, others report the number as at least 900. The incident occurred during a regional disaster that has left more than 4,400 people missing and killed over 100 across Nepal and Tibet.Why it mattersThe evacuation h https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/teacher-saved-1-643-children-from-nepal-flash-floodshttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/teacher-saved-1-643-children-from-nepal-flash-floods#u52883Mon, 31 Aug 2026 08:10:57 +0000Principal Rajendra Dawadi evacuated 1,643 children from a school in Nepal's Nuwakot district minutes before flash floods destroyed the building. Dawadi ordered the emergency evacuation after receiving a flood warning, allowing students to escape just before the river swept the school away. While the students survived, the event occurred amid wider destruction across flood-hit districts. Rescuers later recovered a five-year-old girl alive from the rubble.Why it mattersThe disaster was triggered by a glacier collapse that sent flash floods through the Trishuli Valley. This event highlights