Nepal floods latest: Rescue efforts enter fifth day with more than 2,400 missing after flash flood
A five-year-old girl named Manisha was rescued from rubble in Nepal after being trapped for two days following devastating flash floods. She is currently recovering in a Kathmandu hospital as rescue efforts continue for thousands of missing people.
Why it matters
The story highlights the ongoing humanitarian crisis and the extreme challenges faced by rescue teams in the wake of severe climate-related disasters in South Asia.
Azadeh Moshiri and Andrew Clarence Reporting from Kathmandu
A young girl who was rescued on Friday, two days after devastating flash floods in Nepal, has been reunited with her parents in hospital.
Manisha, 5, is in a stable condition, an official at the Teaching Hospital in Kathmandu tells us.
Rescue workers were near Syabrubesi in Ruswa district looking for survivors when they thought they could hear a cat stuck under the rubble.
Sanju Khatri, a police officer with Nepal's Armed Police Force says teams searched the area and started removing debris. That's when they found Manisha, who was trapped under the rubble.
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