Nepal teams seek hundreds trapped in hydropower tunnels after deadly floods
Rescuers are using drills, excavators and cameras as more than 900 hydropower workers remain unaccounted for, officials said.
- 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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This article was originally published on Cedarnews.net. For more news and exclusive reports, visit our website. The number of people missing after the devastating floods in Nepal has risen to over 4,000, while the death toll has surpassed 900, amid a race against time to find survivors, including hundreds of workers, some of whom are believed to be trapped inside tunnels at hydroelectric power stations. This news was published on the Cedarnews w…
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