Eight-Year-Old Reunites With Mother After Surviving Nepal Floods

An eight-year-old boy named Zoyal was at school when a huge flood struck Nepal.

He ran into a forest with a friend and climbed trees to stay above the water.

He hurt his leg and face but survived.

Rescuers took him to a hospital, but they did not know where his family was.

His mother searched many shelters because she feared her children had died.

A Reuters journalist who met Zoyal left her phone number at the hospital.

The journalist told his mother that Zoyal was alive and had been moved to Kathmandu.

His mother traveled there and reunited with him on Friday.

She also found Zoyal’s younger brother alive.