# ‘Saved by a mango tree’: How a Nepali labourer survived a deadly flash flood

https://mins.news/en/item/33337

- Reuters, 2026-08-26 15:50 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/saved-by-mango-tree-how-nepali-labourer-survived-deadly-flash-flood-2026-08-26/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6a8f0b3c0602a6000171e053

> Nepali labourer Bibek Kumal was digging a toilet pit outside a newly built house on Wednesday when a torrent of water, mud and rock surged down, sweeping him and everything nearby away. He survived after being saved by a mango tree.

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