4 days under debris, still alive: How a 97-year-old woman survived Nepal floods

Guna Maya Bohara, a 97-year-old woman who was rescued alive from the rubble of her care home, destroyed in the Nepal flash floods, has become a remarkable story of survival. Bohara was rescued four days after the disaster swept through the country as the rescue operation continues to look for victims, survivors and the dead.Images of the mud-covered woman being carried to safety in the scoop of a digger have emerged as one of the most striking accounts of survival from the disaster. Bohara was pulled from the debris after a four-hour rescue operation and was taken to hospital, where doctors said she was recovering.Her doctors said she was recovering in hospital. Her great-nephew Dipak told BBC Nepali that Bohara looked like “a warrior” who had returned victorious from battle.Her survival came as Nepal's flood death toll crossed 700 on Sunday, while more than 2,500 people remained missing.