Nepali Rescuers Focus on 900 Hydropower Workers in Wake of Catastrophic Floods
Army rescuers say about 121 of 900 missing people may be trapped in tunnels as search teams recover survivors from flood wreckage.
- On August 26, a massive glacial collapse triggered catastrophic floods along the Nepal-Tibet border, killing at least 1,380 people and leaving more than 5,500 missing, including 35 Australians.
- The disaster unfolded when a huge mass of mud and rock crashed into a river, washing away entire communities and burying roads and highways in hard-hit districts like Nuwakot and Rasuwa.
- Rescuers are searching for over 100 hydropower workers feared trapped in tunnels, where air pockets might offer survival chances after four people were recently rescued from the wreckage.
- Nepal marked the 13th day of mourning on Monday, traditionally the final day in Hindu rites, as the government canceled wider events to prioritize ongoing rescue operations.
- The Australian government is deploying a 15-person Disaster Assistance Response Team with advanced drones to support search efforts, while Chinese officials reported recovering 12 more bodies in Tibet on Sunday.
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Arnold Dix in Nepal: Australian tunnelling expert seeks blessings at Pashupatinath before rescue operations in Himalaya
Australian tunnelling expert Professor Arnold Dix has reached Nepal and joined the rescue operations at the flood-ravaged Himalayan hydropower projects, describing the ongoing search for workers who may still be alive underground as a challenge unlike anything he has faced before. Dix arrived in Nepal on September 5 to join the search operation at the Chilime Hydropower Project, after initially assisting remotely from Australia. Before heading t…
<p>Dozens of people are being searched in tunnels of hydropower plants after massive flooding After flooding in Nepal, rescuers have focused on three tunnels of hydropower plants. There may be about 121 missing </p>employee.
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BizTocNepal rescue focused on workers trapped in three tunnels
At least 11 hydropower projects were engulfed when a glacier collapsed into a river on the Nepal-China border on Aug 26, burying the entrances to the tunnels of these projects under debris and mud and cutting off those trapped inside.
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