Nepalese Rescuers Now Focusing on Hydropower Tunnels

Rescue teams in Nepal are digging for people missing after floods and mudslides, Al Jazeera English reports, with the same saturated, unstable ground that buried them now slowing crews sent to reach them

The same waterlogged earth that entombed victims now impedes the rescuers trying to reach them, turning a search for the missing into a race against collapsing terrain.

Nepal rescuers race to free dozens trapped in hydropower tunnels

Authorities in Nepal on Tuesday said that rescuers are focusing on three hydropower project tunnels where they believe dozens of workers could be trapped. The announcement came two weeks after ​a devastating ‌flood killed that hundreds and left thousands missing in the Himalayan country and in ⁠neighbouring China's Tibet region.

Nepal rescue focused on workers trapped in three tunnels

KATHMANDU, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Rescuers in Nepal are focusing on three hydropower project tunnels where they believe dozens of workers could be trapped, authorities said on Tuesday, two weeks after a devastating flood killed hundreds and ​left thousands...

Nepalese rescuers now focusing on hydropower tunnels

Rescuers in Nepal are focusing on three hydropower project tunnels where they believe dozens of workers could be trapped, two weeks after a devastating flood killed hundreds and left thousands missing in the Himalayan country and in neighbouring China's Tibet region.

Families of those still missing in Nepal’s hydropower tunnels want rescuers to work faster

Families of those missing in Nepal’s Trishuli hydropower tunnels demand faster rescue efforts amid delays after a devastating glacial flood disaster. Read more at straitstimes.com.