Remarkable footage has emerged showing how a woman saved two children from a devastating flash flood by the skin of their teeth.
The clip shows the woman and the children, who appear to be wearing school uniforms, tripping and falling as they turn left from the road and scramble up a slope.
They quickly pick themselves up, with the woman grabbing the youngsters’ hands before leading them rapidly uphill.
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Seconds later, a fast-moving torrent of debris and murky water comes crashing down the road directly behind them.
According to Nepali media, the woman was a mother fleeing with her two children, although this has not been independently confirmed.
The remarkable escape was filmed in a settlement along the upper reaches of the Trishuli River in Nepal last Wednesday (26 August).
The footage emerged as devastating floods swept through large parts of Nepal and neighbouring Tibet, carrying huge quantities of mud, rocks and debris through settlements and along river valleys.
The disaster is believed to have been triggered by a sudden surge of water and debris in the Himalayan region, with reports linking it to a possible glacier collapse on Langtang Lirung.
The precise cause remains subject to investigation, as reported by Need To Know.
Another video from the disaster shows what appears to be a giant boulder being swept along by the immense force of the flash flood.
Some social media users suggested the object was actually a huge chunk of glacial ice coated in mud and debris.
The floods have caused widespread destruction, damaging homes, roads, bridges and hydropower infrastructure and leaving thousands of people unaccounted for.
At the time of the latest update, the disaster had left 903 people dead and 4,247 missing in Nepal, while 16 people had died and 546 were missing in neighbouring Tibet, China.
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