Nepal floods: Rescuers race to save 900 workers trapped in hydropower tunnels as death toll hits 1204

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- Guardian Australia·7h agoRescue of Nepal hydropower workers ‘triumph for humans and humanity’, tunnelling expert says
Arnold Dix, an Australian engineer and geologist who worked at Ground Zero after 9/11, says finding two workers alive in Trishuli 3A ‘gives us hope’ There is renewed hope amid the devastation wreaked by the flash flooding disaster on the Nepal-Tibet border as the world witnesses…
Read at Guardian Australia → - Al Jazeera·13h agoMoment two workers are pulled alive from Nepal tunnel
Rescuers pulled two workers alive from a hydropower tunnel in Nepal
Read at Al Jazeera → - Global News World·16h ago2 trapped workers rescued from tunnel 9 days after Nepal floods
Search teams first heard voices from inside the tunnel in the morning, allowing them to locate the two men, Nepalese lawmaker Shri Ram Neupane said.
Read at Global News World → - Business Today IN·17h agoTrishuli Rescue: Stranded Nepal Residents Evacuated Across Rope Bridges After Floods
Trishuli Rescue: Stranded Nepal Residents Evacuated Across Rope Bridges After Floods
Read at Business Today IN → - The Hindu Science·23h agoNepal floods: Engineers in a WhatsApp group are guiding tunnel rescue efforts
The messaging group was set up by engineers before the wall of water, mud and rock crashed down the Trishuli valley in Nepal
Read at The Hindu Science → - Scroll.in India·1d agoOver 1,300 dead in Nepal-China flash flood, two rescued from hydropower tunnel after nine days
Nearly 5,000 persons were missing in Nepal and more than 500 in China.
Read at Scroll.in India → - Daily Mail News·1d agoTwo men rescued from Nepal tunnel nine days after flood as more voices heard inside hydropower plant
Two workers at a Nepali power plant have been rescued from a tunnel nine days after floods devastated the region, with hopes rising for the others trapped inside.
Read at Daily Mail News → - Geo Ent PK·1d agoTwo trapped tunnel workers rescued in Nepal 'miracle'
Anil shah, a survivor rescued from a tunnel of the Upper Trishuli 3A hydropower project nine days after the deadly flash floods and a mudslide, is carried to be air lifted to Kathmandu from an army base in Nuwakot, Nepal, September 4, 2026.— ReutersAt least 900 people are…
Read at Geo Ent PK → - Dawn Pakistan·1d ago2 trapped tunnel workers rescued in Nepal more than a week after catastrophic flash floods
Two hydropower workers were pulled from a tunnel buried by debris in Nepal on Friday, more than a week after catastrophic flooding swept through the area, government ministers said. Rescuers cheered as one man was pulled from a muddy opening, video released by the energy…
Read at Dawn Pakistan → - Deccan Chronicle Ent·1d agoNepal: Two Trapped Tunnel Workers Rescued 10 Days After Floods
The two are among hundreds of hydropower workers missing since a wall of mud and debris swept through the region on August 26
Read at Deccan Chronicle Ent → - NYT World·1d agoWorkers Rescued From Tunnel in Nepal 9 Days After Flood
Rescuers pulled out two people as the search continued for hundreds missing after the flooding catastrophe last week.
Read at NYT World → - Irish Independent·1d agoTwo trapped workers pulled alive from a tunnel nine days after Nepal floods
Dramatic pictures show rescuers carrying the survivors from a tunnel
Read at Irish Independent → - NBC News Top·1d agoTwo trapped workers are pulled alive from Nepal tunnel more than a week after deadly floods
Two workers in Nepal were pulled out alive from a hydropower tunnel on Friday, some nine days after devastating floods swept the Himalayan region and left thousands of people missing.
Read at NBC News Top → - Guardian International·1d agoNepal-Tibet flash flood: Two workers pulled alive from hydropower tunnel nine days after disaster
Officials said the workers were safely rescued from tunnels that were at a depth of 170 metres Two people have been pulled out alive from a hydropower tunnel in Nepal nine days after deadly flash floods left them trapped. The workers were rescued during an ongoing operation at…
Read at Guardian International → - NDTV World·1d ago2 Rescued Alive From Hydropower Tunnel 9 Days After Nepal Floods: Report
The rescue came nine days after the Aug. 26 floods, likely caused by a glacier collapse, that devastated towns and valleys in Nepal.
Read at NDTV World → - ABC Just In AU·1d agoBreaking: Second person rescued from Nepal hydropower tunnel, official says
A Nepali official says a second person has been rescued alive from a hydropower tunnel nine days after floods hit the area.
Read at ABC Just In AU → - RNZ National·1d agoTibetan community shocked by devastation from Nepal flash flood
Community has yet to hear much news from relatives in the stricken Tibet region since the disaster.
Read at RNZ National → - NDTV Top Stories·1d agoHow Engineers Are Using Whatsapp To Guide Nepal's Flood Rescue Efforts
An army of experts in a WhatsApp group is guiding rescue workers scouring a Nepali valley after a huge flash flood more than a week ago as they desperately search for anyone who may be alive inside tunnels of devastated hydropower plants.
Read at NDTV Top Stories → - Express Tribune World·1d agoHow engineers in a WhatsApp group are guiding Nepal's tunnel rescue efforts
Over 500 experts share data in group as rescuers search devastated hydropower plants for survivors
Read at Express Tribune World → - BBC World·1d agoNepal tunnel rescuers hunt for survivors with rafts and drone
South Asian correspondent Azadeh Moshiri is at the site of a tunnel where rescuers still hope to find survivors following the Nepal-Tibet floods.
Read at BBC World → - NZ Herald World·1d agoRescuers face immense challenge reaching survivors cut off by Nepal flood
The death toll has risen over 1200, with a further 5600 still missing .
Read at NZ Herald World → - Irish Examiner World·1d agoNepal floods: 46 workers may be alive after a week trapped inside hydropower tunnel
Rescuers believe workers could have survived inside dry spaces with food, water and air after catastrophic glacial flooding
Read at Irish Examiner World → - 7NEWS Australia·1d agoNepal-Tibet floods: Deep, thick mud that can catch you in a moment hampers search and rescue efforts
Disasters are often described as like ‘something from a movie’. But as you walk through demolished villages where more than 1000 people have died, even that comparison does not seem quite right.
Read at 7NEWS Australia → - Irish Times World·2d agoNepal searches for hydropower workers trapped in tunnels, must rebuild some 20,000 homes
At least 1,204 people were killed and more than 4,200 remain missing after last week’s devastating floods
Read at Irish Times World → - The West World·2d agoNepal floods: Rescuers race to save 900 workers trapped in hydropower tunnels as death toll hits 1204
Rescuers are clinging to hope hundreds of workers could still be alive deep inside Nepal’s hydropower tunnels as the flood death toll passes 1200.
Read at The West World → - The West Australian·2d agoNepal rescuers race to reach any survivors in tunnels
As the death toll from the devastating flood in Nepal inches higher, rescuers are pinning their remaining hope on people who may be trapped in tunnels.
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