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Rescuers in Nepal pull 2 people alive from the debris 10 days after devastating floods

Rescuers in Nepal pull 2 people alive from the debris 10 days after devastating floods

KATHMANDU, Nepal — A Chinese man and a Nepalese woman were rescued from the rubble of devastating floods that struck the country 10 days ago, as search teams continued their efforts to find thousands of missing people. The man was pulled from a hydropower tunnel in Trishuli, bringing the total number of workers rescued alive from the project to three.

Two Nepalese workers were rescued on Friday. The man, identified as Lu Haitao, was airlifted to a hospital in stable condition, and his family expressed relief at the news. Nepal's army stated that a joint rescue team of Nepalese military personnel and South Korean disaster experts carried out the rescue.

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