Rescue efforts intensify after Nepal-Tibet flooding as deaths climb past 900
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) -- Rescuers were trying to find trapped workers in at least a dozen hydroelectric plant sites Monday after catastrophic flooding
KATHMANDU, Nepal - Intense rescue operations are underway in Nepal and Tibet following catastrophic flooding that has claimed over 900 lives and left more than 4,700 people missing. The floods, triggered by a glacial collapse in the Himalayas, have severely damaged at least 12 hydroelectric power plants in Nepal's Rasuwa and Nuwakot districts.
Rescuers are racing against time to find survivors trapped in the large tunnels that control water flow for hydropower generation. Chinese authorities have reported 16 deaths and 546 missing, with over a hundred of the missing being foreigners, including Nepalis. Rescue efforts on the Chinese side have focused on rebuilding the road leading to Gyirong Port, but progress has been slow due to the rapidly rising waters.
Families of the missing, including Chinese nationals, are desperate for information about their loved ones.
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