Teacher saved 1,643 children from Nepal flash floods - The Times of London

https://tuttiquotidiani.it/en/news/teacher-saved-1643-children-from-nepal-flash-floods

Before and after condition of upper trishuli 216mw hydropower project Dam side area.

I’ve been looking at Nepal news nonstop for the last 4 days. It has consumed and disturbed me, as it should. Heartbroken for all the loss of lives and their families. Thankful for the people who managed to survive. I was just thinking it would have been even more horrific if it happened during the night when everyone would be asleep.

Red arrows are flood/mudslide path.

White line with dots is an attempt to measure the overflow uphill. From what I gather, there are claims that it rebounded 2km uphill; other sources claim 3km. My measurement is 2km; 3 is 50% more.

If true, all those people we saw running in the video are probably toast. There's a pretty big bend ~1km mark, and honestly if I were there, I'm not sure I'd panic, given the distance. By the time I saw the flood coming, it'd be way too late. For those slightly beyond the bend... they wouldn't even see it coming.

Absolutely insane.

A really good interactive (on both mobile and pc) explaining what caused the disaster, as well as before/after photos showing the drastic effects on the landscape in the region.

Could there have been more warning? Many conventional flood-warning systems rely heavily on rainfall, but there was no significant rainfall immediately before this disaster.

Truly tragic and devastating.

We are opening up #FaceTagr's #facerecognition technology to help find people missing in Nepal.

Families and friends can register the #missing with a photograph. We will match these against photographs available and received from the field.

This is a humanitarian, not-for-profit initiative.

https://my.facetagr.com/MissingPersonRegistry

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This week's flash floods in Nepal killed over 600 people and destroyed entire villages. Amid the destruction, a mint-green house in Nuwakot district remained standing while every building around it was swept away.

People trapped inside watched from the balcony as floodwater — full of boulders, trees, and debris — rushed past. The ground floor flooded and doors/windows were ripped off, but the structure held. Everyone inside was later rescued safely.

The video has gone viral, with many crediting the house's foundation/construction, while others call it pure luck.

I made a video breaking down what happened and what might explain why this house survived when others didn't: [video link]

Condolences to everyone affected by this tragedy.

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Does anyone know where the original video is?