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Nepal on Wednesday raised the number of people recorded as missing from the Aug 26 floods to 6,150 (up from 5,179) after district-wide verification, as rescuers recovered 10 bodies from two hydropower tunnels in Rasuwa (Chilime and Upper Trishuli-1), pushing the national toll to about 1,446 dead and 6,669 missing.
After days of searching for six men trapped underground by catastrophic floods, rescuers at Nepal’s Chilime Hydropower Station recovered five bodies; the sixth person remains missing as the Nepali Army, with help from Indian forces and an Australian tunnel expert, continues a challenging search through silt-filled tunnels that left the area around the powerhouse completely swamped.
Nepal marked a national day of mourning for flash flood victims, with half-mast flags and candle vigils as rescue teams continued searching flood-hit valleys along the Nepal–Tibet border; the death toll stood at 1,287 with more than 5,000 missing, and government programs were paused while operations focused on ground, air, and tunnel rescues at hydropower sites, including a 64-year-old woman who was rescued after more than 10 days.
Nepalese rescue teams pulled a Chinese national and a woman alive 10 days after devastating floods, including a man rescued from a 225-meter tunnel at the Trishuli hydropower project, bringing the total rescued there to three. Authorities say about 900 workers remain missing across 12 hydropower sites, with around 500 believed trapped in tunnels, as the disaster leaves more than 1,300 dead and thousands still unaccounted for.
Nepal’s electricity largely comes from hydropower, but catastrophic floods damaged 12 plants in the Trishuli basin, wiping out over 10% of national capacity and killing more than 1,300 people. The disaster underscores climate risks facing mountain-based hydro projects and fuels calls to diversify with solar and wind, consider reservoir-based plants for storage, and strengthen resilience and early-warning systems while balancing imports from neighbors.
Rescuers in Nepal saved a Chinese man from a 225-meter tunnel at the Upper Trishuli-1 hydropower project and a 64-year-old Nepali woman from Nuwakot as thousands remain missing ten days after floods triggered by a glacial collapse; the disaster has killed at least 1,375 and left more than 5,000 unaccounted for amid widespread infrastructure damage, including hydro facilities and bridges.
Rescue teams from Nepal’s police, army and international partners are scouring hydropower tunnels for survivors after catastrophic floods along the Nepal-China border, with the death toll around 1,375 and more than 5,000 missing; a Chinese national, Lu Haitao, was rescued from a tunnel and a 60-year-old Nepali woman was saved from a building, as tunnel operations are expected to continue for a few days.
Nine days after catastrophic floods along the Nepal–Tibet border, two workers were rescued alive from the Trishuli 3A hydropower tunnel, a rare beacon of hope as rescuers push to reach about 40 more amid damaged projects and ongoing searches that have left over 1,294 dead and around 5,000 missing; Australian engineer Arnold Dix hailed the rescue as a triumph of humanity while crews continue to weigh the risks of draining water-filled tunnels and breaking rock to reach survivors.
Claire Tamang, a Solihull-born expat living in Kathmandu since 2010, says Nepal’s floods triggered by a glacial collapse have devastated communities, with transport routes severed, hydropower plants damaged, and food and electricity disrupted as thousands remain missing and the relief effort is led by the army.
Two workers, Sanjay Sah and Kabir Maharjan, were pulled alive from a hydropower tunnel in Nepal nine days after floods devastated the region; a body was recovered and dozens more remain missing as rescuers, aided by security forces and foreign experts, press on to reach trapped workers.
Two workers were rescued alive from a tunnel at the Upper Trishuli 3A hydropower project in Nepal, nine days after devastating floods killed more than 1,200 people and left thousands missing; rescuers had to dig through thick mud and debris to reach the underground tunnel, where dozens were believed trapped.
Two workers were rescued alive from a flooded tunnel at Nepal's Trishuli 3A hydropower project after nine days, a rare breakthrough that renews hope for hundreds of missing workers as rescuers press on through mud-filled, dangerous tunnels.
Two men were pulled alive from within four-kilometer tunnels of Nepal’s Trishuli 3A hydropower project as rescuers press on to locate about 42 workers still unaccounted for nine days after catastrophic floods and landslides along the Trishuli River, part of a disaster that has killed more than 1,200 people.
Two workers were pulled alive from 170 metres inside the Upper Trishuli 3A hydropower tunnel nine days after floods buried the site; Nepal faces a disaster toll of about 1,259 dead and over 5,000 missing, with hundreds still believed trapped in tunnels across 12 hydropower projects as rescue teams search for more survivors, aided by pockets of air inside some tunnels.
Rescuers in Nepal pulled two workers alive from the Trishuli 3A hydropower tunnel in the Rasuwa district nine days after devastating floods; officials say about a dozen workers remain missing in the main tunnel as rescue teams press on, with the two rescued men in stable condition flown to Kathmandu for treatment.