Nepali Army Rescues Flood Survivors By Helicopter As Rain Continues
· World · France 24, News18
The Nepali army is deploying helicopters to evacuate flood survivors after deadly floods damaged roads across affected areas, leaving ground transport cut off. The military is airlifting stranded residents and transporting them to safer locations while overcast skies and forecasts of more rain threaten to worsen conditions. The full scale of casualties and the number of people rescued have not been disclosed in the report. The operation highlights the extent of infrastructure damage, with road-based rescue made impossible in several zones.
Why it matters
With roads destroyed and more rainfall forecast, hundreds or thousands of Nepali residents in flood-hit zones depend on helicopter evacuations for survival, while continued rain risks worsening the humanitarian crisis in a country that shares an open border with India.
Read the original report — France 24
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