# Saved by a lunch break: Nepal floods destroyed schools, but these students survived

https://mins.news/en/item/38231

- The Associated Press, 2026-08-31 06:00 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://bit.ly/45ZmSaj

> Catastrophic floods in Nepal destroyed many schools, but some schoolchildren survived because they had left their classrooms for lunch.

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