Principal's quick actions save 900 students as Nepal school is swept away by floods

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In Nepal's Trishuli Valley, Principal Rajendra Dawadi evacuated about 900 of the 1,643 students at Tribhuvan Trishuli Secondary School as floodwaters—triggered by a glacial burst—swept away the building; two staff members remain missing. The disaster has killed over 950 people and left more than 4,400 missing, with at least 69 schools destroyed affecting about 19,000 students. Dawadi's swift action is hailed as heroism, and he urges rebuilding, restarting classes, and providing counseling for students.
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