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Rescued tourists and survivors of a devastating flood triggered by a glacier collapse gathered at a Nepal military training centre in Nuwakot district on Thursday (Aug 27).

Among those evacuated was Indian tourist Anjana Raja who said a towering surge of muddy water swept through the area, forcing people to run uphill for safety.

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00:00I
00:34It was the only thing to do, it was nothing more to do, it was high waist 40-50 meter
00:43and everything happened in 1 minute.
00:47We saw the gush of water all the way, dirty mud rising all the way 4 storey high.
00:53We ran for our life, we ran 500 steps all the way up the mountain to be safe.
00:58Did you hear something before you saw the mud slide? What was it? Please explain.
01:03Water, it felt like a boulder falling down. Like when a boulder hits water, what happens?
01:08That's what it was, a big rock. When it hits water, what happens? It comes a hole in.
01:12So we were thinking it's earthquake.
01:15But we still don't know because I was also told that this is more like a glacier burst.
01:20That's what I think the army folks told us.
01:24So we have to go with what they say, so I don't know.
01:32That's smart.
01:34I was not alone.
01:46It's always a big challenge to get it.
01:48All our people did.
01:48This is a 열어, so that we're all in this place.
01:49And here we go.
01:49I didn't want to feel like the army just took us.
01:51And here we go.
01:58You
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