Nepal: Army Rescues Hundreds Trapped in Tunnel as Flood Risk Reignites
Floodwaters and mud have hampered the operation as adverse weather and damaged access routes slow efforts to reach those still inside.
- On Friday, the Nepal Army continued racing to rescue more than 100 workers trapped inside the Trishuli-1 hydropower tunnel, following their successful extraction of 350 people earlier amid devastating flash floods.
- Flash floods across Nepal have killed 469 people and left nearly 1,000 missing as of Friday, with raging water and mud inundating the region near the Chinese border and destroying infrastructure.
- Located about 70km from Kathmandu, the US$647 million Trishuli-1 project is a 216-megawatt venture led by two Korean firms that suffered significant damage, with more than 90% of the upper dam destroyed.
- US President Donald Trump offered assistance to Nepal on Thursday, while the Indian government confirmed its nationals were among the workers caught in the disaster at the project site.
- Rescue teams face uphill challenges as adverse weather and difficult terrain hamper operations, with the Army struggling to locate tunnel entry points despite deploying helicopters to reach trapped workers.
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The Nepal Army released images this Friday of a helicopter-backed operation, in which emergency teams remove survivors from the floods that swept the country on Wednesday from a hydroelectric tunnel in the valley of the Trishuli River — through which the torrent of water, mud and debris that caused severe destruction in the country passed. The authorities confirmed the withdrawal of at least 350 people from the site, referring earlier to another…
The tragedy already leaves a provisional balance of 543 dead, while the emergency teams continue to search for hundreds of people who remain missing.
"The army is still at work trying to evacuate more than a hundred other people still trapped in a tunnel."
The Nepalese army is continuing its rescue operation in extremely difficult conditions to rescue more than 100 people trapped in a hydroelectric power plant tunnel after catastrophic floods. Footage of the rescue operation shows soldiers fighting their way through thick mud towards the tunnel entrance and carrying survivors to safety. They have already rescued 350 workers and locals from the same tunnel.
Nepal: Army rescues hundreds trapped in tunnel as flood risk reignites
#Rescue operations are underway in #Nepal after devastating #floods killed hundreds and left more than 1,400 missing. The #RedCross has also raised concern over humanitarian #aid, as it estimates nearly 100,000 people were affected by the #disaster.
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