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During Nepal floods, decentralized, community-based warning saved lives

news.mongabay.com · 12dShare

KATHMANDU — At 9:10 a.m. on Aug. 26, head teacher Rajendra Dawadi received frantic phone calls about a flood heading downstream toward Tribhuvan Trishuli Secondary School. He ordered his roughly 900 students to run for higher ground. Ten minutes later, the flood hit the evacuated school. When flood waters receded, the whole compound was buried […]

First report: Nepal Floods: How One Teacher’s Split-Second Decision Saved 1,643 Children — dailytrust.com, 12d