A 64-year-old woman named Chandika Kumari Shrestha was found alive after ten days buried in the rubble, in Nepal. When the rescuers found her, she is said to have said "Save me". The family had already declared her dead after days of unsuccessful searches.
Chandika had been missing since August 26. The major floods that followed mainly destroyed the border area between Nepal and Tibet, leaving a trail of destruction in the region.
The incident occurred in the context of devastating floods that affected the border between the two territories. The floods caused large-scale destruction, burying homes and leaving many people missing.
The rescue of Chandika Kumari Shrestha, ten days after the disaster, became a notable case of survival among the rubble, in a scenario of widespread destruction caused by the floods on the border between Nepal and Tibet.
