Video: Man captures Nepal flood, then flees for cover; phone keeps recording chaos

He stood filming as a wall of muddy water thundered towards him. Seconds later, the camera began shaking violently as he and several others scrambled through the vegetation. The phone, however, kept recording.

The video has gone viral on social media, with users claiming that it captured the final moments of a group caught in the devastating Nepal floods. India Today could not independently verify the authenticity, location of the footage, or the claims accompanying it.

The clip begins with several men watching the rapidly swelling torrent from a patch of vegetation near the flood channel. As the water closes in, panic sets in, and they appear to rush towards safety.

The camera then swings wildly through leaves, briefly captures some of the men and eventually points towards the rocky ground. It continues recording through the chaos, even after the group disappears from view.

The footage does not clearly show the men being swept away. Social media posts, however, claim that the phone was later recovered from the flood-hit site and that the man who recorded the footage, along with the others seen in it, died. There has been no official confirmation of their identities or fate.

NEPAL FLOOD TOLL REACHES 903

The video emerged as Nepal continued to search for thousands of people missing after the August 26 flash floods.

The death toll reached 903 on Monday, while 4,247 people remained missing and 10,451 had been rescued, according to Nepal’s Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority. Reuters reported that hundreds of missing workers were feared trapped in hydropower tunnels.

Rescue workers were conducting door-to-door searches in some of the worst-hit areas. Buildings in places such as Dunge were buried in sludge and debris, in some cases up to the second floor.

Survivors also returned to damaged homes to retrieve their belongings as civil workers searched for people who may have been trapped.

SEARCH FOR TRAPPED WORKERS CONTINUES

Three Indian nationals and their Nepali colleague were rescued by the Nepali Army from Chilime village in flood-hit Rasuwa district. The Indian Embassy in Kathmandu is facilitating the return of the three Indians.

Indian Ambassador Naveen Srivastava met the survivors and thanked the Nepali Army for its help.

India has also deployed a 19-member forensic team to assist with DNA analysis and the identification of victims.

A specialised Indian team is assisting the Nepali Army with rescue operations at hydropower sites in Chilime and Langtang. Despite bad weather, it entered a tunnel near the Langtang project and recovered one body. Of the 933 hydropower workers still unaccounted for, many are feared trapped inside tunnels.

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