Rescuers in Nepal pull a Chinese national and a woman alive 10 days after devastating floods
Rescuers said the two survivors were among about 900 workers missing from hydropower projects after floods and mudslides swept through the region.
- On Saturday, rescue teams in Nepal pulled a Chinese national, Luhaitao, alive from a hydropower tunnel 10 days after catastrophic floods devastated the Nepal-China border region.
- The August 26 floods, likely caused by a glacier collapse, killed 1,375 people across the Nepal-China border and left more than 5,000 missing, with roughly 500 workers believed trapped in tunnels across 12 hydropower projects.
- A joint team of Nepali Army personnel and South Korean disaster experts extracted Luhaitao from approximately 225 meters inside the tunnel, marking the third worker pulled alive from the Trishuli hydropower project.
- Separately, rescuers in Nuwakot pulled a woman alive from a damaged house on Saturday, according to the Nepali Army, while Luhaitao is undergoing health assessment after helicopter evacuation.
- The United Nations and humanitarian partners launched a $49.6 million emergency appeal yesterday to provide life-saving assistance to people in Nepal affected by the disaster.
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Rescuers Find 2 More Survivors
Rescuers in Nepal pulled out a Chinese man and a woman in separate operations on Saturday, 10 days after devastating floods hit the country, as teams continued searching for thousands of missing people. The man was rescued from a hydropower tunnel, according to a social media post by the country's...
By Issy Ronald, CNN. Two more survivors of Nepal's catastrophic flash floods were rescued Saturday, offering a glimmer of hope to a region devastated by a torrent of water, ice, and mud that swept away entire riverside communities 10 days ago. One of those rescued was a Chinese national, Lu Haitao.
Rescuers in Nepal brought a Chinese citizen and a woman to life on Saturday
In Nepal, 10 days after devastating floods, two more people were found and rescued. Rescuers pulled two people from under the rubble, in particular a man from a hydroelectric power <p>station tunnel. The floods killed 1300 people, more than 5000 disappeared.</p>
On Saturday, rescue elements in Nepal rescued a Chinese man alive from the rubble tunnel and a woman from the mud house, while teams continued to search for missing persons after 10 days of flooding in a border area between Nepal and China. The army, in an electronic discussion group whose contents were shared with the media, said that "a team of the Nepal Army, with the support of foreign teams, was able to rescue a Chinese citizen named Le Hai…
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