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Teacher Warning Saves 400 Students as Nepal Flood Devastates School
A very large flood hit a town in Nepal on August 26.
The water was moving toward a school where about 400 children were arriving for the day.
A warning came from someone living upstream.
Teachers quickly told the students to run to higher ground.
Everyone at the school escaped safely.
The flood later filled classrooms with mud and covered the playground with sand.
It is not yet clear when the school can reopen.
Many other people were also affected, and more than 900 people died.
UNICEF says thousands of children need help while rescue and relief work continues.
A flood devastated Bageshwori Higher Secondary School in Baireni, burying classrooms and covering the playground with sand.
About 400 students evacuated safely after teachers received an upstream warning about rising floodwaters.
Floodwaters reached up to two metres, leaving the school covered in mud, sludge and debris.
UNICEF estimates that 17,000 children need humanitarian assistance after the August 26 floods, which killed more than 900 people.
Relief operations continue in Rasuwa, Nuwakot and Dhading, with an appeal for $17.2 million in emergency funding.
- Who
- About 400 students, teachers and community members at Bageshwori Higher Secondary School were involved in the evacuation; UNICEF is supporting the humanitarian response.
- What
- A flood devastated the school, but an early warning allowed the students to evacuate safely.
- Where
- Baireni, Nepal, near the Prithvi Highway and close to the river.
- When
- The flood struck on August 26, 2026, shortly after 9 a.m.; the school was inspected nearly a week later.
- Why
- Floodwaters moving downstream reached the town, prompting teachers to move students to higher ground.
Key facts
- Students evacuated
- Around 400
- Flood date
- August 26, 2026
- Water and sediment depth
- Up to two metres
- Children needing assistance
- Approximately 17,000, according to UNICEF
- Reported deaths
- More than 900
- Emergency funding appeal
- US$17.2 million
- Affected districts named
- Rasuwa, Nuwakot and Dhading
Quotes
Dipendra Wagle
Science teacher at Bageshwori Higher Secondary School
“I was working in the field that day, and my spouse called me, warning that the Betrawati in Nuwakot had already been swept away by the flood and it is running downstream. The status of the students in school was my primary concern, as the two schools here are of direct concern and threat of the flood. I hurriedly came to the school and saw everyone was panicking and teachers were shifting the students to the safer grounds from here; I also helped them to evacuate students to the higher grounds,?”
rediff.com
“When the students were preparing to attend the PT or the assembly, one of our teachers got information about the flood from Nuwakot. After that, our teacher Prakash Malla (Principal) announced from the office to get out of the school and all students ran away from here and are safe.”
rediff.com
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