Does a video show the rescue of people trapped in mud from the Nepal flooding disaster in August 2026? No, that's not true: The footage is of workers escaping from a collapsed mine in Democratic Republic of Congo in 2023. The original footage was a viral video published by Reuters in 2023 and does not show the rescue of victims from the 2026 Nepal floods.
The claim appeared in a post and video (archived here) by the @Scrobbs account on X on Aug. 27, 2026. It read:
I really think this person from Nepal is a true hero...
It's just too amazing to risk even their own life to save someone else ❤️🙏
This is what the post looked like on X at the time of writing:
(Image source: post by @Scrobbs on X.)
This is what the video looked like on X at the time of writing:
ネパールのこの人、本当に英雄だと思う...。
-- ひろと 市川 (@Scrobbs) August 27, 2026
自分の命まで危険にさらして人を助けるなんてすごすぎる❤️🙏 pic.twitter.com/a1MJiISp5u
The post claims the video was from the massive flooding that hit Nepal and Tibet (archived here) on Aug. 26, 2026.
The footage is not from the flooding disaster in Nepal. It shows trapped miners in east Congo emerging from a collapsed mine as onlookers cheer for them. Reuters published the video on March 27, 2023, in an article titled, "Trapped Miners in East Congo Tumble Out of Rubble Intact in Viral Video."
This is a screenshot of the article with the video at the time of writing:
(Image source: Reuters.)
The article reported on the details of the video, explaining that it shows survivors of a collapsed mine:
KINSHASA, March 27 (Reuters) - A video showing nine Congolese miners unexpectedly popping out of a collapsed gold mine and tumbling down a steep slope as onlookers cry out in joy has gone viral in Democratic Republic of Congo, a rare happy ending to an all-too-common story.
