SAURAHA, NEPAL — Four days of heavy rain in Nepal have led to flash floods, landslides and at least 70 people dead. <br /> <br />Reuters reports that around 600 tourists were also left stranded after the Rapti River overflowed south of Kathmandu, and affected numerous restaurants and hotels. <br /> <br />Lucky for them, the pachyderms of Chitwan National Park are on it! <br /> <br />The park's elephants marched alongside tractor trailers on Sunday to rescue some 300 stranded tourists, then went back a second time on Monday, safely transporting the rest of the victims to safety. <br /> <br />Chitwan National Park is home to more than 600 rhinos and elephants, and fared much better than another park in India's Assam State, which was also beset by floods. <br /> <br />Kaziranga National Park has the world's largest population of endangered one-horned rhinos, but the animals had to be moved to higher ground after floods submerged nearly 90% of the park in water.
