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  "id": 4775668,
  "title": "Race against time as 600 remain trapped in hydro project tunnels",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/race-against-time-as-600-remain-trapped-in-hydro-project-tunnels",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-01T03:01:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hindustan Times",
    "slug": "hindustan-times",
    "url": "https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/race-against-time-as-600-remain-trapped-in-hydro-project-tunnels-101788205906959.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "More than 600 people working at 11 hydropower project sites in Nepal’s Rasuwa and Nuwakot districts remain missing or trapped inside collapsed tunnels and infrastructure following the August 26 devastating flash floods in the Himalayan nation, with rescue operations involving multiple agencies, including the Nepalese and Indian armies, turning exceptionally grim with each passing day",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
        "title": "Race to free hundreds feared trapped in Nepal’s hydropower tunnels as flood deaths surpass 950",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/race-to-free-hundreds-feared-trapped-in-nepals-hydropower-tunnels-as",
        "published": "2026-09-01T01:54:59.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Age",
        "title": "Race to free hundreds feared trapped in Nepal’s hydropower tunnels as flood deaths surpass 950",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/race-to-free-hundreds-feared-trapped-in-nepals-hydropower-tunnels-as-4762648",
        "published": "2026-09-01T01:54:59.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Economic Times",
        "title": "Nepal floods expose risks to hydropower",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/nepal-floods-expose-risks-to-hydropower",
        "published": "2026-09-01T03:10:12.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Nepal flood survivors fear loss of culture and community",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/nepal-flood-survivors-fear-loss-of-culture-and-community",
        "published": "2026-09-01T04:09:24.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Nepal rescuers reach remote areas, free hundreds trapped by floods",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/nepal-rescuers-reach-remote-areas-free-hundreds-trapped-by-floods",
        "published": "2026-09-01T05:01:21.000Z"
      }
    ]
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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."
}