Disasters can arrive with little warning. Sometimes, however, signs of danger appear before catastrophe strikes — and survival may depend on whether someone recognizes them and acts in time.
On Aug. 26, 2026, a catastrophic flood swept through Nepal’s Trishuli River valley after an ice-rock avalanche near the Nepal-Tibet border sent water, mud, and debris rushing downstream. At Tribhuvan Trishuli Secondary School in Nuwakot district, principal Rajendra Dawadi was teaching when warnings arrived that floodwaters were rapidly approaching.
About 900 of the school’s 1,643 students were already on campus, while hundreds of others were still traveling to school. After receiving reports that an upstream settlement had been hit, Dawadi decided there was no time to wait.
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