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Chinese national rescued from Nepal tunnel 10 days after flash flood
A Chinese national was pulled alive from a tunnel in Nepal on Saturday, authorities said, 10 days after a wall of ice, rock and mud tore through a Himalayan valley, killing more than 1,300 people.
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- 4 Sept 2026, 12:12 CEST → 5 Sept 2026, 18:17 CEST
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Nine days after catastrophic floods hit Nepal, hope emerges from the dark as two workers have been rescued from a collapsed tunnel. They are receiving treatment as emergency crews race to find more survivors. The floods killed more than 1,200 people and left over 5,000 missing. An estimated 115 people are still believe...
Officials say pair were rescued from Trishuli 3A hydropower tunnel in Nepal after being trapped at depth of 170 metres Two people have been pulled out alive from a hydropower tunnel in Nepal nine days after deadly flash floods buried the projects in deep mud and left them trapped. The workers were rescued during an ope...
Nepal's emergency crews have pulled two workers out of a hydropower tunnel where they had been trapped for nine days. The rescue comes more than a week after flash flooding along the Nepal-Tibet border killed more than 1,200 people. Both men have injuries to their hands and legs and have been airlifted to a hospital in...
Chinese man at Trishuli hydropower project and Nepali woman in Nuwakot found 10 days into rescue operation Emergency responders have rescued a Chinese man and a Nepali woman in two separate operations as authorities continued to search for thousands of people missing 10 days after massive floods hit Nepal. The Nepali m...
Ten days after floods devastated Nepal, one woman and one man were pulled alive on Saturday in separate search and rescue operations. Meanwhile, more than 5,000 people remain missing and at least 1,300 were killed.
Rescuers in Nepal pulled alive on Saturday a Chinese national from a tunnel and a local woman from her partially submerged home, as emergency response teams searched with renewed vigour for thousands missing since catastrophic flooding 10 days ago. Our correspondent Shahzaib Wahlah tells us more.
A Chinese national was pulled alive from a tunnel in Nepal on Saturday, authorities said, 10 days after a wall of ice, rock and mud tore through a Himalayan valley, killing more than 1,300 people.
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