{
  "id": 4265441,
  "title": "Nepal Rescuers Bore Through Tunnels to Try to Reach 900 Workers Missing After Floods",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/nepal-rescuers-bore-through-tunnels-to-try-to-reach-900-workers",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-29T19:55:20.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The New York Times",
    "slug": "the-new-york-times",
    "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/29/world/asia/nepal-flood-hydropower-tunnels-rescue-missing-workers.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Rescuers in Nepal are working to reach workers trapped in tunnels at hydropower projects after devastating floods struck the site. Footage released by the Nepal Army showed teams pulling people out of the tunnels, but hopes are dwindling for those still trapped.\n\nAccording to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority, 933 hydropower workers have gone missing since the floods occurred on Wednesday morning. The US Geological Survey attributed the disaster, which occurred on the China-Nepal border, to a glacial collapse, with nearly 3,000 people missing and 682 confirmed dead.\n\nNepali army rescuers broke through to a hydropower tunnel and began pumping air and sending a camera inside, raising hopes of reaching the trapped workers. The rescue efforts are focused on the Trishuli 3A and 3B sites, with the government saying more than 100 workers may still be alive and trapped inside the tunnels.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "Nepal floods: rescuers send air pipe into tunnel with trapped workers",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/nepal-floods-rescuers-send-air-pipe-into-tunnel-with-trapped-workers",
        "published": "2026-08-29T17:38:22.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}