{
  "id": 4159865,
  "title": "Nepal floods leave 934 hydropower workers out of contact",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/nepal-floods-leave-934-hydropower-workers-out-of-contact",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-29T09:40:17.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Gulf News",
    "slug": "gulf-news",
    "url": "https://gulfnews.com/world/asia/nepal-floods-leave-934-hydropower-workers-out-of-contact-1.500656223"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Kathmandu reported that 934 people linked to 11 hydropower projects in Nepal's Rasuwa and Nuwakot districts are currently unreachable, according to the Independent Power Producers Association of Nepal (IPPAN). The devastating floods, caused by a sudden rise in the Bhote Koshi River on August 26, left 730 people from six projects in Rasuwa and 204 from five projects in Nuwakot out of contact. The Upper Trishuli-1 project in Rasuwa, under construction with South Korean, IFC and local investors, saw the highest number of missing workers at 576. Another 158 people from the 37-MW Upper Trishuli-3B project in Nuwakot remained unreachable. The 111-MW Rasuwagadhi Hydropower Project reported 93 missing, with the rest spread across eight other projects, some under construction and others already operational. The floods affected 13 projects with a combined capacity of 675.6 MW, according to IPPAN. As of Saturday, 626 bodies had been recovered, leaving 2,426 people still missing or unreachable, as reported by Nepal's National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority.",
  "summary": "Nepal flash floods: 934 people linked to 11 hydropower projects remain out of contact",
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        "published": "2026-08-28T18:23:29.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times - World News",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/lpg-cylinders-tyres-and-wood-debris-from-nepal-floods-choke-gandak",
        "published": "2026-08-29T07:20:29.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Punch",
        "title": "Nepal floods leave trail of destruction, aid challenge",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/nepal-floods-leave-trail-of-destruction-aid-challenge",
        "published": "2026-08-29T08:28:16.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Floods: Nepal reverses decision to reject foreign rescue assistance",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/floods-nepal-reverses-decision-to-reject-foreign-rescue-assistance",
        "published": "2026-08-29T09:54:33.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Gulf News",
        "title": "17,000 children need urgent aid after Nepal floods: UNICEF",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/17-000-children-need-urgent-aid-after-nepal-floods-unicef",
        "published": "2026-08-29T09:55:43.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Arabian Post",
        "title": "Nepal floods leave 17,000 children needing urgent aid",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/nepal-floods-leave-17-000-children-needing-urgent-aid",
        "published": "2026-08-29T10:20:54.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "Nepal floods: Morgues overflow, bodies decompose as Indians remain missing",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/nepal-floods-morgues-overflow-bodies-decompose-as-indians-remain",
        "published": "2026-08-29T11:06:25.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}