Nepal teams seek hundreds trapped in hydropower tunnels after deadly floods
Rescue teams are using drills, excavators and cameras as Nepal says more than 100 workers may still be alive inside blocked hydropower tunnels.
- On Sunday, Nepal Army rescue teams resumed efforts to reach workers trapped in mud-swamped tunnels at the Trishuli-3A site after rain and rising river waters hampered operations earlier in the day.
- A glacial collapse on the China-Nepal border on Wednesday triggered a massive wall of mud and debris, leaving 933 hydropower workers missing, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority.
- The Nepal Electricity Authority reported 11 hydropower stations and one solar station stopped operating, with 15 additional projects under construction damaged, representing about 10 percent of electricity generation capacity.
- More than 800 people are confirmed dead and over 3,000 are missing, though government officials state more than 100 workers may still be alive inside multiple tunnels.
- Specialised Indian and Chinese tunnel-rescue teams have joined the search alongside expert mountain rescue teams from Everest, navigating the "difficult conditions" teams face at disaster sites.
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A dramatic rescue operation is underway in Nepal, where emergency teams are working through the night to reach hundreds of workers believed to be trapped in tunnels of hydropower projects after last week's catastrophic floods. The massive flood, caused by the collapse of a glacier and accompanied by ice, rocks, mud and debris, has caused a disaster of unprecedented proportions in the Nepal-Tibet border area. According to authorities, more than 9…
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