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WATCH: 60-year-old woman trapped in house toppled by flood in Nepal rescued after 11 days

This is 60-year-old Chandika Shrestha, the wife of Ananda Shrestha, who was successfully rescued alive 11 days after the devastating flood ravaged much of Nepal. She was rescued from the fourth floor of their four-storey house in Betravati in Nuwakot on Saturday, September 5. An Armed Police Force (APF) rescue team reached the spot in the house almost buried in mud and pulled her out to safety.

60-year-old woman trapped in house toppled by flood in Nepal rescued after 11 days
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Also WATCH: Frightening visuals from the first day of Nepal’s devastating floods: Read the story and watch the videos

Also read: Nepal: Pulled out from 170 m underground after 9 days, hydropower worker says mahamantra helped him survive

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