Rescuers in Nepal pull a Chinese national alive from a hydropower tunnel 10 days after floods
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Rescuers in Nepal pulled a Chinese national alive from a hydropower tunnel on Saturday, according to a social media post by the country’s prime minister’s…
Rescuers in Nepal successfully pulled a Chinese national alive from a hydropower tunnel on Saturday, more than a week after deadly floods struck the country. The rescue operation was conducted in the Trishuli hydropower project, where the man was located in a 225-meter (738-foot) tunnel. The Chinese worker is currently undergoing a health assessment.
Two Nepalese workers were also rescued from the same site on Friday. The disaster has left about 900 workers missing from 12 hydropower projects across Nepal, with around 500 believed to be trapped in various tunnels. At least 1,300 people were killed and more than 5,000 remain missing following the floods on August 26, believed to be caused by a glacier collapse.
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