Nine days on, Nepali soldiers pull Chinese national alive from hydropower tunnel

A Chinese national was rescued alive from a hydropower tunnel in Nepal, more than nine days after catastrophic flooding hit the country. According to the Nepal Army, the man was pulled from a 225-meter tunnel at the Upper Trishuli-1 Hydropower Project and is undergoing a health assessment. He was evacuated by helicopter with an army medic checking on him during the flight.

The flooding, which occurred on August 26, was likely caused by a glacier collapse and has resulted in a significant number of missing persons. About 900 workers are missing from 12 hydropower projects across Nepal, with roughly 500 believed to be trapped in various tunnels. Two Nepali hydropower workers were also rescued from a tunnel at the Trishuli 3A hydropower plant on Friday.

The rescue efforts have been ongoing, with Nepali rescuers aided by experts from India, China, and South Korea. According to reports, at least 1,300 people were killed in the floods and more than 5,000 remain missing. The Chinese national's name was reported as Luhaitao by Dawn, and he was seen being carried out of the tunnel by rescuers, covered in mud but alert.

Brief written by urgent.news from Malay Mail, The Korea Times, Dawn, RTE News, NDTV — 5 reports on this story. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.