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World Service,18 Sep 2026,49 mins

How one man survived flash floods in Nepal last month

Newsday

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The flash floods which hit the Nepal-Tibet border region last month brought instant devastation and wrecked havoc, as water and rocks stormed down the river valleys. It wiped out houses and destroyed infrastructure, killing 1,400 people. 6,000 still remain unaccounted for. Sanjay Sah, a mechanical foreman was trapped in a tunnel for nine days and tells us how he survived and of his eventual rescue. We look at the evolving and often conflicting relationship between Australia and China. And after police in South Africa confirm the discovery of a ninth woman's body in just two months, we speak to a close friend of one of the women found. Presenters: James Copnall and Anne Soy. (Photo:Family members offers tika to Sanjay Sah, a survivor pulled out alive after spending nine days trapped in a hydropower station tunnel following flash floods and a mudslide on the Nepal-Tibet border. Credit:Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters).

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