Death toll from flash floods rises to 469 with rescuers in Nepal and China working to find hundreds missing
Rescuers are searching for hundreds still missing as floodwaters and mudslides destroyed bridges, roads and hydropower sites, officials said.
- On Friday, the Nepal Army continued racing to rescue more than 100 workers trapped inside the Trishuli-1 hydropower tunnel, following their successful extraction of 350 people earlier amid devastating flash floods.
- Flash floods across Nepal have killed 469 people and left nearly 1,000 missing as of Friday, with raging water and mud inundating the region near the Chinese border and destroying infrastructure.
- Located about 70km from Kathmandu, the US$647 million Trishuli-1 project is a 216-megawatt venture led by two Korean firms that suffered significant damage, with more than 90% of the upper dam destroyed.
- US President Donald Trump offered assistance to Nepal on Thursday, while the Indian government confirmed its nationals were among the workers caught in the disaster at the project site.
- Rescue teams face uphill challenges as adverse weather and difficult terrain hamper operations, with the Army struggling to locate tunnel entry points despite deploying helicopters to reach trapped workers.
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The Nepalese forces have released on social networks a video of the rescue in which several effectives are observed approaching the tunnel to remove the victims, who advance with visible difficulty between the thick mass of accumulated mud
Video shows how teams pull out ropes and shoulders of people trapped in a hydroelectric conduit after the flood, while the search continues and increases the balance of victims
Following the devastating floods in Nepal, 350 people trapped in the Trishuli-1 power plant tunnel have been rescued, and evacuation efforts are underway for more than 100 others. In the region, where at least 389 people have died and more than 1,200 are missing, rescue efforts are a race against time due to the risk of further rainfall and flooding.
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republicain-lorrain.frThe spectacular and devastating flash flood on Wednesday at the border between Nepal and the Chinese territory of Tibet has also left more than 1,400 people missing, including four French tourists. Follow the latest developments live.
"The army is still at work trying to evacuate more than a hundred other people still trapped in a tunnel."
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