Nepal Floods: Nearly 800 Dead as Rescuers Try to Reach Tunnel Workers
Rescuers widened a small opening and began pumping oxygen as authorities said about 934 people tied to 11 hydropower projects are missing.
- Around 934 people are reported missing across 11 Hydropower Project sites in the Trishuli Corridor following severe flooding, with many feared trapped beneath tunnel debris.
- Nepal Home Minister Sudan Gurung reported a breakthrough at a Trishuli Hydropower Project late Saturday, where army rescue teams created an opening and began supplying oxygen to trapped workers.
- The Nepal Army has rescued 254 people from the 216-megawatt Upper Trishuli-1 project and 18 from the 20-megawatt Langtang Khola project, with those brought to safety including 418 Nepali nationals, 42 Chinese nationals, and eight Indian citizens.
- Authorities are preparing to widen the tunnel opening and deploy rescue personnel deeper into the damaged section, though massive flood damage to roads and bridges continues to hinder access for teams.
- India has extended assistance to Nepal amid the disaster, with officials confirming that several cargo aircraft carrying supplies have already arrived to support ongoing relief efforts.
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The avalanche at the Nepal-China border, caused by the collapse of a glacier, devastated the region’s hydroelectric infrastructure, leaving at least 933 workers without information in some of the more than 11 hydroelectric projects affected. More than 19,800 Nepalese Army and Police personnel participate in the rescue efforts to try to find them alive. As the rescue efforts continue to counterclockwise, the incinerations advance. From Bidur, our…
Massive network of tunnels • Sends down oxygen
Rescue teams are racing against time to find survivors from Wednesday's floods on the Nepal-Tibet border.
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Rescue Operation in Nepal: Aid Workers Reach Tunnel Entrance with Possibly a Hundred Trapped Workers
Nepalese soldiers and rescue workers are making every effort to reach 933 missing hydroelectric power plant workers who have been trapped in tunnels for days following last Wednesday's floods. On Sunday, rescue workers made their way to a tunnel where possibly a hundred people are trapped.
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