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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Niranjan Shrestha and Shonal Ganguly

Saved by a lunch break: Thousands of children protected by quick-thinking teachers in Nepal floods

A group of schoolchildren in one of the areas worst affected by Wednesday’s devastating floods in Nepal managed to survive because they had left their classroom for a lunch break.

Pupils attending other classes at the Shree Bagheswori Madhyamik School in Galchhi, Dhading district, also escaped after teachers instructed them to evacuate swiftly, just moments before the floodwaters came crashing into the building.

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