Nepal flood survivor's family in China relieved after days of waiting
HONG KONG — After days of waiting anxiously, Lu Haitao's family could finally breathe a sigh of relief when the Chinese man was rescued from a tunnel in Nepal where devastating floods killed more than 1,300 people. Rescuers carried out Lu from a 225-meter (740-foot) hydropower tunnel and evacuated him by helicopter Saturday, 10 days after the floods. He was taken to a hospital and was in stable…
HONG KONG — Lu Haitao's family found relief after anxiously waiting days for news of their loved one, who was rescued from a 225-meter hydropower tunnel in Nepal. The floods, which occurred on August 26, claimed over 1,300 lives, while rescuers managed to evacuate Lu from the disaster 10 days later. He was airlifted to a hospital where he was in stable condition, as reported by Chinese state broadcaster CCTV.
The devastating floods were likely triggered by a glacier collapse, with more than 4,900 people still missing, according to Nepal's disaster management agency. On the Tibetan side of the border, 31 people lost their lives, and 531 remained missing, as per Chinese official news agency Xinhua. Lu, as recorded in audio shared by CCTV, recounted his harrowing experience as he climbed to the highest point inside the tunnel, mistaking the rescue crews' whistles for his imagination.
He expressed disbelief upon realizing that the rescue personnel finally heard him when they shone lights on him.
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