On September 5 (local time), according to Xinhua news agency, a 64-year-old woman was successfully rescued in Nuwako district, Nepal, 10 days after a deadly landslide occurred on August 26.
She was found by rescue forces and taken out of the landslide affected area on September 5. The discovery of a victim alive 10 days after the disaster occurred is considered a special case in search and rescue operations.
According to local media, she received first aid after being rescued. After completing initial treatment, she will be transferred to the capital Kathmandu for further treatment.
According to the latest data released by the Nepal police, as of 5:00 am on September 5 local time, functional forces have found 1,344 bodies related to the disaster.
Police said 4,898 people were still out of contact as of the morning of September 5. Meanwhile, a total of 8,631 people were rescued.
The figures show that search and rescue operations are still being deployed in the context that functional forces continue to review areas affected by landslides.
The landslide on August 26 occurred in the Nepal - China border area, causing flash floods and mudslides to fall into downstream residential areas. The disaster seriously affected Rasuwa and Nuwakot districts of Nepal, damaging roads, bridges, houses and many hydropower projects, and causing thousands of people to lose contact.
Rescue forces of the two countries continue to search for survivors or locate victims.
