A bride and groom in the Philippines pushed through their wedding inside a Catholic church submerged in waist-deep floodwater, choosing love over logistics while deadly monsoon rains battered the region. Leian Lieza Galang waded down the aisle of Saint John the Baptist Church in Hagonoy, Philippines, on a Tuesday late morning in August, her white […] The post Filipino couple weds in waist-deep floodwater after refusing to postpone ceremony appeared first on American Almanac .
A bride and groom in the Philippines pushed through their wedding inside a Catholic church submerged in waist-deep floodwater, choosing love over logistics while deadly monsoon rains battered the region. Leian Lieza Galang waded down the aisle of Saint John the Baptist Church in Hagonoy, Philippines, on a Tuesday late morning in August, her white wedding gown dragging through murky brown water that reached her waist. Groom Gilbert Chico waited at the altar. A young boy carried their wedding rings through the flood. Fewer than 15 people attended. The parish priest declared them husband and wife in an abbreviated ceremony, and the whole thing was posted to the parish's Facebook page the same day. The church had been partially submerged for…Open
Two workers were rescued from inside a hydropower tunnel on Friday after devastating flooding left them trapped. Footage released by the Nepali Army shows rescuers working amid mud and debris to free the men before carrying them from the site and providing medical treatment. #nepal #flooding #rescue
A man has been rescued after being trapped in a tunnel for nine days during the deadly flash floods that struck Nepal. He recounts his experience saying: "In the process of saving everyone... I got trapped."
Two people have been pulled alive from a hydropower tunnel in Nepal, more than a week after catastrophic floods at its border with China. The plant was unrecognizable from the disaster – rescuers had to use satellite pictures to find it below the mud. Sanjay Sah, 30, who is in stable condition, had to ask rescuers what date it was. He said he was trapped after helping others escape and kept his spirits up chanting Hindu mantras. Kabir Maharjan, 45 is critically ill. Both are being treated in hospital. Emergency workers told CNN at the site that they remain hopeful of finding more people alive. But the situation remains murky and operations are cumbersome, with rescuers digging by hand. 0:00 Cheers as Sanjay Sah, 30, is pulled from tunnel…
Thousands are missing, and some families have lost hope of recovering their bodies. To carry out his sacred duty, a son lights the funeral pyre for a straw effigy of his father.
An Australian engineer advising the effort described how two men were freed after nine days trapped in a tunnel at the Upper Trishuli 3A hydropower plant.
An Australian engineer advising the effort described how two men were freed after nine days trapped in a tunnel at the Upper Trishuli 3A hydropower plant.
Two people have been rescued from a hydropower tunnel in Nepal, a dramatic breakthrough more than a week after catastrophic floods hit the country’s border with China. CNN's Hanako Montgomery reports.
Rescuers in Nepal have pulled two workers alive from a hydropower tunnel, raising hopes of reaching a dozen others believed to be trapped nine days after catastrophic floods devastated towns and swept away villages
Rescuers pulled out two survivors as the search continued for hundreds missing inside hydropower projects that were buried in the flooding catastrophe last week.
