8-year-old Nepal flood survivor reunites with mother

An eight-year-old boy, Zoyal Ghale, survived Nepal’s flash floods by climbing a tree after floodwaters tore through the Rasuwa district. He was found injured, airlifted to Kathmandu, and identified with help from a Reuters journalist at a hospital. His mother, Matti Maya Tamang, had spent days searching shelters and relief centers and feared her children were dead. She later learned her elder son had survived, and her younger son was also found alive, with the family finally reunited. UNICEF has said about 17,000 children were affected by the floods as Nepal grapples with thousands missing and hundreds dead. The episodes underscore a continuing humanitarian crisis, with authorities actively working to identify and reunite families separated by the disaster.