Nepal rescuers reach remote areas in search of thousands missing nearly a week after devastating floods
Rescuers have restored roads and expanded foreign aid as 4,000 people remain missing and 639 are still trapped in hydropower stations, officials said.
- On Tuesday, rescue teams restored electricity and communication lines to sections of Rasuwa, while over 11,000 people have been rescued across the disaster-hit Himalayan region following last week's catastrophic glacier collapse.
- China's state broadcaster said on Monday that the flood was "caused by glacier instability under the long-term effects of global warming," impacting mountainous hydropower projects built to exploit Himalayan water resources.
- Mountain guide Asish Gurung warned that conditions at the Trishuli Hydro Power plant make it impossible to enter the tunnel, where an estimated 500 people remain trapped awaiting specialized equipment.
- Prime Minister Balendra Shah reported that more than $42 million in aid has arrived as the death toll reached 987, with at least 639 people still trapped in devastated hydropower stations.
- Urging the international community to address disasters caused by climate change, Shah warned that the region must remain vigilant while search teams continue recovering bodies from remote areas like Betrabati.
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Nepal rescuers reach remote areas in search of thousands missing nearly a week after devastating floods
Nepali rescuers built temporary bridges to reach remote areas and dug through the ruins of hydropower projects in the Himalayas to rescue close to 300 trapped workers, nearly a week after catastrophic floods left a trail of destruction across the country’s towns and valleys. At least 639 people remain stuck in several devastated hydropower stations […]
Nepal rescuers reach remote areas as electricity restored after floods
KATHMANDU —Nepali rescuers built temporary bridges to reach remote areas and dug through the ruins of hydropower projects in the Himalayas to rescue close to 300 trapped workers, nearly a week after devastating floods left a trail of destruction across the country's towns and valleys.
According to the latest provisional toll, 987 people have died in Nepal, while 13 have been killed in China. The number of missing people is 4,462 – 3,916 in Nepal and 546 in Tibet. About 600 workers remain trapped in damaged hydroelectric power stations, where rescue operations are now focused. Read here ⇛
A massive mudslide near the border between Nepal and China has killed more than 1,000 people. The mudslide, which occurred on August 26, has so far killed 1,003 people (987 in Nepal and 16 in China), and the whereabouts of 4,462 people, including five Japanese family members, remain unknown. In the heavily affected areas of Rasuwa and Nuwakot districts in Nepal, several hydroelectric power plants were struck by the mudslide, and at least 933 wor…
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