Nepal floods destroy 19 schools, 200 students missing; some students survive due to lunch break
Catastrophic floods and mudslides in Nepal destroyed 19 schools, leaving approximately 200 students missing. Some schoolchildren survived by leaving their classrooms for lunch. Search teams continue to locate survivors in the affected regions.
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The-nelson-mail and the-independent report that students survived due to a lunch break, while lativan-public-service-media focuses on the broader context of the disaster and the search for survivors.
Nepal floods destroyed many schools, but students at this school survived
Some schoolchildren in Nepal have survived catastrophic floods by leaving their classrooms for lunch
Search for survivors continues in Nepal; disaster also affected 19 schools
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Search for survivors continues in Nepal following catastrophic floods and mudslides. The disaster also affected Nepalese schools – a total of 19, with approximately 200 students missing.
Saved by a lunch break: Nepal floods destroyed many schools, but students at this school survived The Washington Post
Some schoolchildren in Nepal have survived catastrophic floods by leaving their classrooms for lunch
Saved by a lunch break: Nepal floods destroyed many schools, but students at this school survived AP News